Ask Music” is the name of the AI prompt-based conversational radio in YouTube Music, and it’s seeing wider availability, including internationally, in recent weeks.

The feature appears as a purple card in the Home feed, like Create a radio or the banner advertising the availability of the June – August 2024 recap. Tapping launches a fullscreen chat UI with accepted prompts ranging from a few words — 80s inspired indie, Dreamy synthpop, Saddest songs, etc. — to sentences.

After a few seconds, you get a playlist card with YTM translating that query into a shorter title and longer description. It auto-plays the first track by default with the ability to save to your library, and provide feedback.

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    2 months ago

    Is this what Google thinks people want than stuff like editing Playlist covers, removal of Samples, et al? I want my music player to be lean and simple, not a boggy useless mess.

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    2 months ago

    AI controlled music is legit a cool idea, just thumbs up or down the song it played to change it and show me new cool stuff.

    Except Google.

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      2 months ago

      AI controlled music is legit a cool idea, just thumbs up or down the song it played to change it and show me new cool stuff.

      Yeah.

      Except Google.

      Lol

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    2 months ago

    Wanted to see how bad were the recommendations, it can’t play anything if it’s not in focus with the screen on. For a music app that plays 30 seconds of ads before any listening?? (Ironically enough, even the ads stop playing if focus is lost or screen is off)

    Now I remember why years ago i uninstalled that system app via adb on my pixel

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      2 months ago

      Like most people who use YouTube Music, I was grandfathered in after Google Music shut down and have YouTube premium bundled with it.

      So with that, it absolutely plays when not in focus and has no ads.