YouTube Music poll lets you vote on what free feature you want the most

Team YouTube on Twitter is running a poll this afternoon on “what feature do you want the most on ad-supported” YouTube Music.

The feature options are better recommendations, sleep timer, background play, and improvements to lyrics, with the YouTube Music poll closing in six days.

Starting with the latter, YouTube Music teased in October told customers to expect “even more Lyric features in the future” following a partnership with MusixMatch to increase coverage. Google noted a “positive impact on lyrics consumption rates since launching.” Compared to Spotify and Apple, the lyrics available in YouTube Music are static and don’t get highlighted as the song plays. This would be the most obvious addition for the service.

Meanwhile, background play for free ad-supported users remains limited to Canada. Google could be referring to a wider launch of that functionality, which was announced over a year ago.

Back in July, we spotted that YouTube Music for Android was working on a sleep timer that will likely appear in the Now Playing overflow menu. It has yet to launch, and the addition is long overdue. Lastly, “better recommendations” feels like an evergreen request.

With nearly 400 votes as of Thursday afternoon, the current winner is background play, which is not surprising. You can also tweet out other features.

In late October, YouTube did a similar poll for the client on televisions and consoles. The winner was the ability to Post + View comments, with YouTube in a separate post saying it would factor this community feedback in when prioritizing development, which occurred.

More on YouTube Music:

• YouTube Music will let you create a custom radio by picking artists, more
• Android 13 output switcher support for Chromecast rolling out, starting with YouTube Music
• YouTube Music rolls out 2022 Recap with personalized stories [U: More stats in email]
• YouTube Music and Premium subscriber count grew to 80 million in past year

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