YouTube Music sleep timer rolling out for songs [U]

Besides podcasting help, Youtube Music has been rolling out a number of quality-of-life enhancements recently. A basic YouTube Music sleep timer is now rolling out.

Update 4/27: With as we speak’s US launch of podcasts, the sleep timer can be extra broadly rolling out for songs. It’s on the backside of the overflow menu with 5, 15, half-hour, 1 hour, and End of monitor increments.

Original 4/9: We’ve already seen the sleep timer on the podcast Now Playing web page the place it replaces the repeat button on the proper. (Playback velocity is on the left.)

It’s now showing for songs on the backside of the Now Playing overflow menu, which is getting lengthy particularly following the addition of “View song credits.” It might finally use an overhaul, just like the one which rolled out final November solely to be pulled in January regardless that it was formally introduced.

We first noticed growth on the sleep timer in July of final 12 months.

The sleep timer will not be but broadly rolled out and comes as YouTube Music can be making out there real-time lyrics on each Android and iOS, with the latter getting a barely cooler interface. Like with podcast help, few individuals have that as we speak. That mentioned, as of earlier this week, the grid view is now stay for all customers. 

In mid-December, YouTube Music polled customers on what options they wished to see. The decisions have been sleep timer, improved to lyrics, higher suggestions, and background play. The latter alternative overwhelmingly received and we’re nonetheless ready for that to launch outdoors of Canada. It’s unclear what “better recommendations” would entail as that looks like an evergreen enchancment.

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• YouTube Music now suggests ‘Covers and remixes’ of songs you take heed to
• YouTube Music can now auto-download your lately performed songs
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