{"id":2054228,"date":"2025-09-27T15:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2054228"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:45:37","slug":"youtube-music-is-testing-a-new-feature-that-sounds-a-lot-like-spotifys-ai-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/youtube-music-is-testing-a-new-feature-that-sounds-a-lot-like-spotifys-ai-dj\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Music is testing a new feature that sounds a lot like Spotify&#8217;s AI DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"a967a533-6e1d-4a20-8d73-b7a859bb1ff5\"\/>\n<ul id=\"1579cf04-c4bc-48bd-985b-7dc0aba5dcec\">\n<li><strong>YouTube Music has a new AI music hosts feature<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It sounds similar to the AI DJ in Spotify<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The new feature is part of a YouTube Labs portal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"58955170-3fbd-4d54-a5d5-7bce433a932a\"\/>\n<p id=\"308b1cee-169c-4213-8b9c-00a200621de0\">If you&#8217;re a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> Music user in the US, then you may have an experimental new feature to test out in your account: It&#8217;s being introduced as part of what YouTube is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">calling YouTube Labs<\/a>, so it looks as though more experiments will be on the way in the future.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube Labs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">is apparently<\/a> &#8220;dedicated to exploring the potential of AI on YouTube&#8221;, and the first test to be pushed out is something called AI music hosts. These hosts are going to &#8220;deepen your listening experience&#8221; by sharing relevant stories, fan trivia, and &#8220;fun&#8221; commentary in between tracks in the YouTube Music app.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"308b1cee-169c-4213-8b9c-00a200621de0-2\">As per the official announcement, it&#8217;s open to a &#8220;limited number&#8221; of users in the US \u2013 we&#8217;re not yet part of the group, so we can&#8217;t tell you exactly how the feature works. However, it does sound similar to the AI DJ that&#8217;s available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/spotify\/spotifys-dj-feature-has-just-got-a-much-needed-upgrade-and-it-could-totally-change-my-mind-on-the-ai-music-tool\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/spotify\/spotifys-dj-feature-has-just-got-a-much-needed-upgrade-and-it-could-totally-change-my-mind-on-the-ai-music-tool\">as part of Spotify Premium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The folks over at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/09\/26\/youtube-labs-ai-music-hosts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/09\/26\/youtube-labs-ai-music-hosts\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">9to5Google<\/a> have got the AI music hosts feature working, and it adds a new button to the now playing screen, just to the right of the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons. You can tap on this to enable AI-powered interjections.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-d79aa0c2-1ef9-4645-b2cc-313f50905bef\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-s-new-is-new-again-3\">What&#8217;s new is new again<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"5f42f4b1-0fc5-4a26-8713-376bcec72e0e\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/umKacKK4BuwfWAQeuV72rG-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">We&#8217;ve seen this web address before <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"057de7ee-dfa1-40a1-9584-0b2b34c6ca99\">This seems to be a bit of a rebranding exercise rather than a completely new initiative. For some time now, YouTube Premium users have been able to head to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/new\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/new\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">www.youtube.com\/new<\/a> to test out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/software\/youtube-premium-could-be-getting-a-new-time-saving-perk-showing-you-recommended-videos-directly-in-your-playback-queue\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/software\/youtube-premium-could-be-getting-a-new-time-saving-perk-showing-you-recommended-videos-directly-in-your-playback-queue\">a variety of experimental features<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the same URL is being used for YouTube Labs, so it would seem it just has a new name and a new AI focus (surprise surprise). In fact, it didn&#8217;t really have an old name \u2013 it was just referred to as an experimental features page. Past experiments have included more audio quality and playback speed options.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/introducing-youtube-labs\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">YouTube blog post announcement<\/a> doesn&#8217;t specify that the features are exclusive to YouTube Premium, there is a YouTube Premium tag attached to the post, so presumably you need to be subscribing to take advantage of this first test.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-y6xod6RpnUWo3iJ89is563\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-y6xod6RpnUWo3iJ89is563 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Past experiments have often been limited to specific regions and devices, but sometimes get rolled out to everyone, eventually. We&#8217;ll have to wait and see exactly how this AI music hosts feature works, and what else is in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-you-might-also-like\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-you-might-also-like\"><span>You might also like<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\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.techradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Music has a new AI music hosts feature It sounds similar to the AI DJ in Spotify The new feature is part of a YouTube Labs portal If you&#8217;re a YouTube Music user in the US, then you may have an experimental new feature to test out in your account: It&#8217;s being introduced as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-Music-is-testing-a-new-feature-that-sounds-a.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}