YouTube Music
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Google. The service is designed with a user interface that allows users to explore songs and music videos on YouTube based on genres, playlists, and recommendations. In April 2023, the service expanded its offerings to include support for podcasts. Wikipedia
Website: music.youtube.com
Owned by: YouTube
Latest news
- Jul 24: YouTube Music added the ability to mark a podcast as played earlier in the month. We also notice that in Australia, we now get a “podcasts” chip at the top of the screen; you can now auto-download shows; and there are ways of filtering episode lists to only show, for example, unplayed or downloaded episodes.
- Jul 11: Plink now supports YouTube Music on its smart podcast link pages. This page for Stuff You Should Know is a good example. It should open YouTube Music directly on Android phones.
- Jun 25: YouTube has added a “Your Podcasts” page. You’ll see it in the “You” tab in the YouTube app on mobile; and on the web on the sidebar: you get a list of shows you’re subscribed to. There’s a “Your Shows” rail in the YouTube Music app, too.
- Jun 24: Listeners: At the time of writing, Google hasn’t updated its help pages - those make it appear that the app is still available, and it’s (astonishingly) still available to install on Android. But, YouTube Music is the company’s preferred successor - it does play RSS feeds, if you use our tool. We have recommendations for replacement apps.
- Apr 12: Want to help your listeners listen to your podcast on the YouTube Music app, but would prefer they listen to your proper RSS feed, rather than whatever YouTube wants to do with it? RSS2YTM gives your listeners instructions on how to get your RSS feed in the app. (You can share the link, too).
Data credits: Podnews newsletter, Wikipedia