YouTube is a company that is part of Google and has two different platforms. On the one hand we have traditional YouTube and, secondly, YouTube Music, a separate app focused on competition in the music industrysimilar to Spotify or Apple Music.
It is estimated that YouTube Music’s market share is 10%, very far from its competitors. This is why YouTube is pulling out all the stops, by first offering new features that we are going to talk about, then, block apps or extensions which are dedicated to removing advertisements.
YouTube Music will have news very soon
The application of YouTube Music can be considered quite young, and as a user that I am, I recognize that it has some shortcomings but at the same time it is continually updated. In the next weeks will integrate these three new functions.
Search songs by humming: Thanks to Google’s artificial intelligence, we can search for songs in true Shazam style but without knowing the lyrics, simply by humming.
Podcast integration: After Google Podcast shuts down, the plan is to bring all of this content to YouTube Music. This way everything would be in the same application. In fact, we already know part of the code and there will be a very interesting function. This is “Trim Silence” and would consist of Automatically eliminate silences and long pauses in recordings. The goal is to make podcasts more dynamic and shorten episode length.
If you use content blockers, you will no longer be able to watch videos on YouTube
YouTube Premium is the service in which, For 10.99 dollars you can stop watching ads on YouTube and also access YouTube Music. The goal is for more people to subscribe, and that’s why YouTube is going after ad blockers.
In a recent update to the terms and conditions, it is clarified that YouTube will limit third-party apps and extensions used to block ads. So, users with this type of program will start experiencing playback issues and error messages.
One thing YouTube can’t fight is the iOS player.
Against ads and content blockers, There is nothing to do. After all, it is understandable that the platform you want to earn income to maintain your servers and pay YouTubers for the content they create.
Another of the most interesting functions of YouTube Premium plays music in the background, that is, you can lock the iPhone screen and continue listening to your music or videos. As we already told you in Applesfera, There is a trick to continue listening to this video or a song without having to pay for YouTube Premium.
The key is open YouTube.com from Safari and watch the video from there. So it will be played with the iOS player and when you lock the screen you just have to press play.
YouTube and YouTube Music They are constantly evolving. As YouTube Music introduces new features to improve user experience, YouTube seeks to secure its revenue against content blockers.
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