So stock up those playlists for the next long-haul road trip you have planned - do it before you’re out of good Wi-Fi range. PSA: though offline mixtape was probably suitable for most, YouTube Red subscribers can now have complete control over what they can listen to offline in YouTube Music. Then, to access your offline music, tap your profile photo and select Offline. The service also offers a premium tier, which enables ad-free playback, audio-only background playback, and downloading songs for offline playback. On iOS devices, you can also swipe left on a song in a playlist, and then select Offline. A pop-up will then appear, asking if you want to save just the audio, SD video, or HD video (when applicable). To save music for offline listening, tap on the Menu icon (marked by three dots), next to any song, playlist, or album, and select Save Offline.
Now, users can also choose specific songs, playlists, and albums to save for offline listening. While this technically worked, there was no way to have any additional control over what you were able to listen to. We first spotted the sparkle icon for smart downloads on Monday with version 5.02.50 (from last week) of YouTube Music on Android.YouTube Red users have had the option to listen to music offline in YouTube Music for some time, but only through the offline mixtape feature, which is automatically populated based on your listening history. Collections you’ve downloaded manually are still marked by the checkmark in a circle icon. It’s a curious little change that’s also reflected on the Downloads page next to albums and playlists, including your Offline mixtape. That said, it does fit YouTube’s icon style. To critique the design ever so briefly, the faint lines are somewhat hard to see as Google tries to convey a trio of iconography in a rather small space. YouTube Music recently switched from a lightning bolt to a sparkle icon for smart downloads. On occasion, you’ll see a system notification when downloads are being updated in the background.
A small YouTube Music tweak sees smart downloads get a new sparkle icon.Īfter enabling smart downloads (Settings > Library & downloads) and selecting how many songs you want, YouTube Music will refresh what’s stored on a nightly basis when you’re connected to Wi-Fi (or mobile data if permitted) and the device has over 40% battery life. YouTube Music has long been able to automatically download songs “based on your previous listening history” so that you always have a fresh collection of things to listen to when offline.
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