A few months ago, YouTube announced that it was testing AI-generated radio, and now the prompt-based feature is becoming more widely available.
It’s currently rolling out to YouTube Premium subscribers in the U.S. Once you add the feature to your account, you’ll see an animated “experiment” card that basically invites you to request music in any way you like, in a conversational way.
Next, a full-screen chat UI will appear, asking you “What would you like to listen to now?” and allowing you to “Ask whatever you like.” The keyboard will then automatically open, allowing you to also use your voice to request music.
The carousel displays 14 suggestions: Surprise Me!, Alternative Hip Hop, 80s-style Indie, Introspective Pop, Ethereal Female Vocals, Classic Folk, Catchy Pop Rock, Male Indie Vocals, Indie Soul, Dreamy Synthpop, Saddest Songs, Study Groups, Emotional Songs, and Reggaeton.
The feature works for both short and long inputs. It takes a few seconds for the radio to generate. The Gemini glow indicates that it’s using AI to fetch your playlist. Once generated, you’ll see your existing playlist card where YouTube Music has converted your prompts into a short title and long description. By default, the first track will play automatically, but of course you also have the option to play/pause, save to library, and delete the radio.
Once you close the page, your saved radio will appear in your Library playlists. We hope to roll this out to more YouTube Music users in the future.
I find this a particularly useful feature when you’re not sure what to listen to and want to discover new music.
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