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YouTube Music has just launched a new feature in the app called the Explore Tab and it’s rolling out to users as of today.
It will hit the app for users on both Android and iOS devices, and should be rolling out to both platforms simultaneously. With it likely taking the same amount of time on both platforms to show up for all users.
Users can of course find the Explore Tab down at the bottom of the UI between the tabs for Home and Library. It was never terribly difficult to find new music in YouTube Music before. The new Explore Tab is aimed at enhanced simplicity though. So finding specific music should be a breeze compared to before.
The YouTube Music Explore Tab offers two ways to find music
In this tab there are two different ways to find something to listen to. One of those ways is the Moods & Genres.
With this method you can search for music that’s categorized as chill, romantic, or energizing. Depending on what your current mood is. Or if you know the genre of music you can just search by Rock, Hip Hop, Alternative etc.
If it’s new music you want, the Explore Tab offers this too. At the top of this tab when you open it, you’ll find the New Albums & Singles options. Similar to the way that Spotify has a dedicated section for new releases, this section of the Explore Tab will show you much of the new music that has recently been released.
It’ll even label whether or not it’s an album or a single. Something which the Spotify app unfortunately doesn’t do. Leaving you with having to tap on a new release to find out which one it is.
The Explore Tab is coming to the desktop too
If you use YouTube Music from the web player more commonly than the app, fear not as you’ll also be getting access to the Explore Tab.
YouTube Music says it’ll be expanding to the web player sometime soon but it doesn’t mention anything about when. So you may just have to keep an eye out for it. For now, you can get a feel for what it’s like through the Android or iOS app.
There will also be future updates to the Explore Tab that will be designed to improve the experience of it. YouTube Music doesn’t elaborate on this either, but it’ll likely be changes that are taken into account after getting some user feedback on the feature post-launch.
