It was reported that YouTube Music has officially introduced Sound Search, and US Premium Subscriber is also testing “AI-generated Conversational Radio”.
YouTube Music AI Conversational Radio Feature
“Sound Search” in YouTube Music is called the Hum Search-adjacent capability, YTM simply lets you query a “catalog of over 100 million official songs by sound”.
Once available, you can easily get access by tapping on the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner of YouTube Music to access a waveform button, it appears next to the existing microphone for voice search.
The recognition takes place very speedily, as a result, the page will show the cover art, song name, artist, album, year, and download status, additionally, buttons to Play or Save to your library. Moreover, YouTube Music and iOS is rolling out Sound Search starting on 15 July 2024.
YouTube Music is confirming that it’s testing an “AI-generated conversational radio” in the US for Premium users. It provides you with the benefit of creating custom radio by “describing exactly what they want to hear”.
Access for this goes through “Ask for music any way you like” in your Home feed, and it displays a chat-based UI including a field at the bottom that lets you “Ask for music”. With considering an “Experiment”, you enter a prompt or select from the suggested ones, which are quite short.