{"id":1974872,"date":"2025-08-22T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974872"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:51:39","slug":"youtube-music-just-copied-one-of-spotifys-best-features-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/youtube-music-just-copied-one-of-spotifys-best-features-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Music just copied one of Spotify&#8217;s best features &#8211; what&#8217;s new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage c-cmsImage_loaded\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1280\/737.28;\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/5c673e8bba94bd8f7f3b1d4aa12a24a8afceedc1\/2025\/08\/22\/39a2c645-0087-4224-98d4-e4c3e0b36485\/youtube-music-turns-10-and-its-taking-one-of-spotifys-best-features-to-celebrate.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=768\" alt=\"YouTube Music turns 10, and it's taking one of Spotify's best features to celebrate\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/eabb37b1fea5ac854479815fca59c8569fe7481d\/2025\/08\/22\/39a2c645-0087-4224-98d4-e4c3e0b36485\/youtube-music-turns-10-and-its-taking-one-of-spotifys-best-features-to-celebrate.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1024\" alt=\"YouTube Music turns 10, and it's taking one of Spotify's best features to celebrate\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/ea2ff170a0884444f1b8dc9d4083e1e8e734b07b\/2025\/08\/22\/39a2c645-0087-4224-98d4-e4c3e0b36485\/youtube-music-turns-10-and-its-taking-one-of-spotifys-best-features-to-celebrate.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1280\" alt=\"YouTube Music turns 10, and it's taking one of Spotify's best features to celebrate\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/ea2ff170a0884444f1b8dc9d4083e1e8e734b07b\/2025\/08\/22\/39a2c645-0087-4224-98d4-e4c3e0b36485\/youtube-music-turns-10-and-its-taking-one-of-spotifys-best-features-to-celebrate.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1280\" alt=\"YouTube Music turns 10, and it's taking one of Spotify's best features to celebrate\" width=\"1280\" height=\"737.28\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><\/div><figcaption> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">YouTube Music \/ Elyse Betters Picaro \/ ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Follow ZDNET: <\/em><span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cc.zdnet.com\/v1\/otc\/00hQi47eqnEWQ6T9d4QLBUc?element=BODY&amp;element_label=Add+us+as+a+preferred+Google+source&amp;module=LINK&amp;object_type=text-link&amp;object_uuid=5e5d2e64-4b30-43e6-8555-26eac7e449f3&amp;position=1&amp;template=article&amp;track_code=__COM_CLICK_ID__&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpreferences%2Fsource%3Fq%3Dzdnet.com&amp;view_instance_uuid=379e95d2-6b56-476b-a90b-043a8dd63bd3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><!----><\/a><\/span><em> on Google.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3> ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube Music is 10, and it&#8217;s introducing new features.<\/li>\n<li>Taste Match will work just like Spotify Blend.<\/li>\n<li>The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>YouTube Music is 10, and it&#8217;s dropping some new features to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/home-and-office\/home-entertainment\/how-to-download-youtube-videos-for-free-2-ways-including-my-favorite\/\"><strong>How to download YouTube videos for free &#8211; 2 ways, including my favorite<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/celebrating-10-years-of-youtube-music\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\"><span>a blog post<\/span><!----><\/a><\/span> about its 10th birthday, YouTube revealed some new features and shared statistics about the platform&#8217;s success. <\/p>\n<h2>Taste Match<\/h2>\n<p>First up is Taste Match &#8212; a feature that sounds a lot like Spotify Blend. YouTube says this feature is an easy way to connect with other users over shared music tastes and discover new songs. When users join a Taste Match playlist, they&#8217;ll see a daily playlist of songs based on the shared interests of everyone who has joined. If you&#8217;re the type of person who likes exploring new music but wants to stay in the genres you enjoy, this is a fantastic way to see what else is out there. <\/p>\n<h2>Other new features<\/h2>\n<p>Also on the way is: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notifications to let you know about upcoming releases from your favorite artists, new merch drops, event announcements, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Alerts about upcoming local concerts when you watch artist Shorts or visit an artist&#8217;s channel.<\/li>\n<li>Badges like &#8220;First to Watch&#8221; and &#8220;Top Listener&#8221; to let supporters showcase their loyalty.<\/li>\n<li>Milestone markers on official artist videos that are nearing major view counts like 100,000, 1 million, or 1 billion to let fans help artists hit milestones.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to leave comments directly on albums and playlists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YouTube Music has seen quite a bit of innovation over the past 12 months as it tries to keep up with its competition. It rolled out cross-device sync playback controls, lyric sharing, a &#8220;consistent volume&#8221; setting to make sure every song plays at the same level, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/youtube-music-rolls-out-new-digital-dj-feature-to-build-custom-playlists-on-demand\/\">a digital DJ feature<\/a> to build custom playlists on demand. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/home-and-office\/home-entertainment\/youtube-is-using-ai-to-verify-your-age-now-and-if-its-wrong-thats-on-you-to-fix\/\"><strong>YouTube is using AI to verify your age now &#8211; and if it&#8217;s wrong, that&#8217;s on you to fix<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks in its catalog, the company says (for comparison, <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/company-info\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Spotify advertises<\/span><!----><\/a><\/span> &#8220;more than 100 million&#8221;), and people have created more than 4 billion playlists &#8212; nearly half of those public. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n      (function() {\n        window.zdconsent = window.zdconsent || {run:[],cmd:[],useractioncomplete:[],analytics:[],functional:[],social:[]};\n        window.zdconsent.cmd = window.zdconsent.cmd || [];\n        window.zdconsent.cmd.push(function() {\n          !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n          {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n          if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n          n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n          t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n          s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n          'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n          fbq('set', 'autoConfig', false, '789754228632403');\n          fbq('init', '789754228632403');\n        });\n      })();\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.zdnet.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Music \/ Elyse Betters Picaro \/ ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways YouTube Music is 10, and it&#8217;s introducing new features. Taste Match will work just like Spotify Blend. The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks. 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