7 useful YouTube Music features you might not have known about
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7 useful YouTube Music features you might not have known about

Jolley Frankie

Song search by words, music playback from the memory of the device, equalizer and other features of the streaming service.

  1. Set up auto-loading of best music
    YouTube Music subscribers have access to a special playlist – “Offline Mix”. The service automatically generates it from the songs that the user likes or listens to more often than others, and loads it into the memory of the device. As a result, you get an always up-to-date list of tracks that you can listen to without connecting to the Internet.

To enable “Offline Mix” in the Android version of YouTube Music, go to “Settings” → “Library and Saved Content” and turn on “Smart Download.” Adjust the number of tracks that will be saved automatically using the slider.

On your iPhone, open “Settings” → “Save Content” and enable the “Offline Mix” option. Adjust the size of the mix using the slider.

  1. Use the equalizer (only on Android)
    YouTube Music settings have a built-in equalizer, which allows you to adjust the sound of the program to your taste. You can select one of the presets for different styles of music or adjust the audio using the sliders manually.
  2. Add your music to the program (only on Android)
    If the YouTube Music catalog does not contain the songs you want, you can add them from other sources.

First, download tracks from your computer or the internet to your smartphone. Then open YouTube Music, go to “Settings” → “Library and saved content” and enable the “Saved files” option. After that, the “Files on Device” tab will appear in the library sections, where the downloaded songs will be displayed.

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  1. Find songs by words.
    If you forget the name of a song, try searching for it by a snippet of lyrics. Just type the words into the YouTube Music search.
  2. Wake up to your favorite tracks (Android only)
    YouTube Music subscribers can use songs from the catalog as an alarm clock. To do this, you’ll need Google’s Clock app. If it is not installed on your device, download it from Google Play.

Open “Clock” and add a new alarm clock. Tap the bell icon and click the YouTube Music tab. Recently listened to and recommended songs will appear on the screen. Tap any of them and it will become your alarm clock ringtone.

  1. Turn off video clips.
    YouTube Music is happy to play video clips as well. But when you have low internet speeds or limited traffic, getting clips into your playlist can be undesirable. For such situations, there is a special mode available only to subscribers, in which clips are played without video clips by default.

To enable this mode, open “Settings” (Android) or “Settings” → “Playback” (iOS) and activate the “Clips without video” option. After that, the program will play the clips as normal tracks. If you wish, you will be able to include video clips in the player menu.

  1. Improve the quality of recommendations
    If you notice that the algorithm’s recommendations don’t hit your taste at all, reset them and start with a clean slate. Open “Settings” (Android) or “Settings” → “Playback” (iOS) and tap “Improve recommendations”. The system will then prompt you to reselect the artists you like. Based on this selection, YouTube Music will restart the recommendations.