Google-owned YouTube is now officially rolling out a new ‘Related’ tab to its Music app UI globally. First rolled out in the US back in May, the feature is fairly self-explanatory. Served up next to the “Up Next” and “Lyrics” tabs in the playback interface, the tab provides recommendations. More explicitly, it serves up recommendations based on what’s currently playing.
That means that users around the world now have an easy way to get to related songs that they might like. Or to recommended playlists based on that artist. Additionally, the tab will serve up similar artists, more albums from the artist who is currently playing. As with the above-mentioned earlier release, that segment also contains in-depth details about the artist or group themselves.
Where is the new related tab in YouTube Music?
Now, as highlighted here, the new UI effectively replicates what can be found in Google’s now-defunct Play Music application. It starts by highlighting five songs related to the currently-playing tune. That’s followed by a swipeable list for both recommended playlists and similar artists. Finally, albums, singles, and EPs from the aforementioned artists are displayed below.
The primary difference, of course, is that the interface isn’t quite organized the same. But that makes a lot of sense. Google is killing off the self-branded offering in favor of consolidating media under the YouTube brand. Google Play Music hadn’t had a major overhaul in quite some time. So the search giant is also making efforts to streamline and update the interface as it brings features over, simultaneously.
But locating the new related tab UI couldn’t be any easier.
The company embedded the new UI at the bottom of the interface on the pull-up tab. It’s housed to the right of the “Lyrics” tab, which is itself to the right of the “Up Next” tab. Once users navigate to the Related tab, all of those missing Google Play Music features listed above can be found there.
A simple tap on any of the recommendations will navigate to those.
Google Play Music is dead, long live the music
With YouTube Music increasingly pulling over interface and app features from Google Play Music, that other media app will soon be completely dead. But the company isn’t simply taking the app down with no recourse for end-users. Google Play Music has a strong following, if not a very large one. So Google is now offering users a way to transfer their Google Play Music library over.
There are two ways users can accomplish the feat, assuming they want to hold onto Google’s media streaming solutions. The first is a website designed by YouTube’s Music team to make the transfer. That’s available to everybody. The second way is via the YouTube application.
The first of those is available to everybody while the latter is rolling out in spurts via a server-side update. Whatever method users choose to use, Google Play Music appears to be less relevant than ever. So users will want to make the switch sooner than later if they want to keep their tunes, playlists, and more.