What you need to know
- YouTube Music has a new TikTok/Shorts-style feed that previews songs with short-form video.
- Users can swipe to view other songs, add songs to playlists, use the track to create a Short, and much more.
- The new personalized Samples feed starts rolling out on Tuesday, August 15.
The feed also includes other options, including quickly adding the song to a playlist, creating a Short using the song, sharing it with others, and more.
YouTube Music is a great music streaming service, and while it hasn't been as creative or aggressive with music discovery as some other apps, Samples looks to change that.
Spotify recently rolled out a major revamp that essentially takes Samples to another level. The app features automatic preview cards for recommended content throughout its music, podcasts, and audiobook feeds. However, the new UI has been fairly divisive among Spotify users, to say the least, so it's good that YouTube Music is confining the new experience to a dedicated tab, at least for now.
"In the future, we'll explore how this type of short-form discovery can inform other parts of the YouTube Music app and look for opportunities to provide joyful new experiences that make it easy to discover new artists and their music," says T. Jay Fowler, YouTube Music's director of product management.
The new Samples tab rolls out globally starting today, August 15.
