YouTube Music can be getting the generative AI love.
YouTube Music within the US is getting a brand new function that enables customers to make customized playlist artworks. Here are the small print.
Google has been steadily including generative AI to its Workspace apps, and now we’re seeing AI-powered options on YouTube too. It’s clear that Google’s AI ambitions aren’t restricted to Workspace, they usually’re increasing to YouTube Music with a brand new AI-generated playlist cowl artwork function.
Notably, this AI function comes after YouTube launched generative AI options like Dream Screen for YouTube Shorts and YouTube AI Music Incubator. The new playlist artwork function is simply out there for US-based mostly English language customers for now and sits within the ‘experimental’ class.
With this generative-AI-based function, customers can generate playlist artwork imagery from a spread of visible themes and choices to create customized cowl artwork for private playlists. YouTube notes that this may be significantly helpful for customers who’re struggling to discover a playlist cowl for one thing like a ’90s R&B music choice or one thing else.
This function is accessible solely within the US, however within the official weblog put up, YouTube notes that customers ought to “stay tuned” for availability in different areas and languages globally. Until immediately, YouTube auto-picked a playlist cowl artwork, however this may definitely make issues extra visually interesting.
Alongside this function, YouTube additionally revealed that it will be launching a brand new function on the Home tab that may “help you quickly explore and listen to the songs and artists you’ve got on repeat.” To use this, customers would wish to open the YouTube Music app, look proper on the prime of the Home tab, and there you can see your most listened-to music content material. This function isn’t out there in the meanwhile, and YouTube notes that it will likely be out there within the “coming months.”
