Background listening comes to YouTube Music which will allow people to continue listening to YouTube Music while using other apps or when your screen is off. Within this, you can engage with the YouTube Music app through an ad-supported, radio-like experience featuring the artists, songs, and albums you love, plus personalized mixes on shuffle – all without the hassle of having to keep the YouTube Music app open on your device.
This feature will begin rolling out to listeners in Canada, free of charge, beginning 3rd November 2021.
YouTube Music background listening features
- Listen to your music in the background – You can now keep your music playing after minimizing the app or turning off your screen. Go on a run, answer a text, or check some emails without stopping your music.
- Enjoy continuous stations and shuffle – Dive into this new playback experience with continuous radio stations based on your favourite songs, albums, and artists. Further your listening through personalized playlists on shuffle, like Mixed for you on the Home tab, which features mixes inspired by your past listening. If you’ve uploaded songs on the YouTube Music app, you can continue to play them anytime, and you can also keep streaming music and videos, on-demand, with the YouTube app.
- Focus on what’s important – With Google Assistant driving mode, drivers can now keep their focus on the road while staying safe and entertained with a hands-free YouTube Music experience.
It is expected that more features and wider availability will be added once experience of this update has been gathered. You can download the YouTube Music app in the Play Store or App Store.
