⤠YouTube Music website gets song/video switcher on the Now Playing screen
After testing for some time, YouTube Music is finally bringing the song/video switcher to the Now Playing UI of the web client.
Just above cover art is the Song and Video switcher that has been a staple of the Now Playing screen on Android and iOS.
There are two primary use cases for this switcher. The first is switching between the official music video and the album version of a song, as evidenced by cover art appearing in the latter instance. Your playback position is retained when switching. The switcher appears grayed out when songs arenât available as videos.
The other use is disabling the video aspect of a live recording, which just uses the thumbnail as cover art. Itâs useful for those that just want to listen to audio, with users previously resorting to minimizing Now Playing at the expense of being able to see the Up Next queue.
YouTube Music has been testing the switcher for some time on the desktop, but it looks to be widely rolled out today. Itâs another example of the web client getting feature parity with the mobile apps, while the Related tab was introduced in recent months.
Google should also theme the background of Now Playing to album art instead of defaulting to just a dark background. This was previously spotted but never widely rolled out.
YouTube Music artist pages now list songs and albums âFrom your library,â like Play Music
After rolling out a redesigned âAdd to playlistâ UI, YouTube Music is adding a âFrom your libraryâ section to artist pages that is similar to something that was found in Google Play Music.
Itâs third from the bottom and just below the âVideosâ carousel. Up to five songs or albums are listed with âSee allâ in the top-right corner. That button takes you to a list of just tracks. Thereâs a convenient âShuffle allâ button, while sort options include Release date, Recently added, A to Z, and Z to A.
YouTube Musicâs Library essentially lets you save media for quicker access, but it does not include songs youâve manually uploaded. This new grouping joins the Albums, Songs, and Artists views, while âFrom your libraryâ also exists as a carousel in the Home tab.
The From your library section in artist pages is widely rolled out today on YouTube Music for Android and iOS. However, itâs not currently found on the web, and would ideally be ranked higher up in the page. In all, this new feature is similar to âMy Libraryâ in Google Play Music.