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YouTube Music adds conversational 'Ask Music' and AI 'Your Podcast Lineup' for discovery
YouTube is introducing two AI-powered discovery features in YouTube Music: Ask Music, a conversational tool that lets users request music and podcast content in everyday language across a catalog of 300+ million tracks, and Your Podcast Lineup, a personalized weekly AI-generated spoken preview with suggested episodes. Both updates were announced at the Made On YouTube event and are coming soon to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide.
KEY POINTS
- YouTube is introducing two AI-powered discovery features in YouTube Music: Ask Music, a conversational tool that lets users request music and podcast content in everyday language across a catalog of 300+ million tracks, and Your Podcast Lineup, a personalized weekly AI-generated spoken preview with suggested episodes.
- Both updates were announced at the Made On YouTube event and are coming soon to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide.
- The updates push YouTube further into generative-AI driven, conversational and personalized discovery for music and podcasts, putting it in direct product competition with rivals like Spotify.
WHY IT MATTERS
The updates push YouTube further into generative-AI driven, conversational and personalized discovery for music and podcasts, putting it in direct product competition with rivals like Spotify.