YouTube Music has set out on a mission to improve the listening experience in an effort to elevate its users’ auditory journeys. According to reports, the well-known music streaming service is in the process of rolling out live lyrics to its sizable user base across both Android and iOS platforms. This development mimics the live lyrics feature offered by competitor platform Spotify, which allows users to enjoy their favourite songs with real-time lyrical accompaniment. This feature on YouTube Music was first observed in April, but it has now been broadly made available to its user base. It’s important to remember, though, that at this point, the live lyrics attribute won’t cover the entire musical catalogue.
a recent 9to5News article The strategic decision by YouTube Music to include live lyrics in the user experience on both the Android and iOS apps has been made public by Google. This novel feature synchronises the lyrics with the playing musical passage, with the line that is currently playing standing out sharply in white and the remaining verses remaining a subdued presence in faint grey. Gadgets360 was able to obtain independent confirmation of this development, reiterating the veracity of the live lyrics phenomenon within the YouTube Music application.
Accessing live lyrics on YouTube Music requires choosing a song with attached lyrics and going to the Lyrics tab on the Now Playing screen. Enthusiasts eager to embark on this immersive lyrical journey can do so by following these steps: According to the report, YouTube Music version 6.15 for Android and version 6.16 for iOS correspond to the rollout of live lyrics. If users run into difficulties using this feature, a clever workaround is to forcefully close the application by swiping it off the Recents screen. It’s important to note that the live lyrics component has not yet been enabled across the entire range of compositions. Therefore, users might need to be patient as they wait for the live lyrics to eventually be added to their varied playlist.
The idea for this feature first surfaced in April of this year, when early observations revealed a notable increase in text size and spacing that set live lyrics apart from the more common static lyrical format found in YouTube music.
A brief look back in time reveals that live lyrics first appeared on Spotify’s interface in June 2020, a privilege that was initially granted to only a few countries, among them India. Then, by November 2021, this aspect had widened its scope to include a wider variety of international markets.
Nitin Jain
Morningglobe