YouTube Music has got a Downloads shortcut on the Android app that will allow the users to quickly play songs that they have manually download or are in the playlist that has been generate by the Smart Downloads feature of the app.
This offers a faster way to start playing music on the app, and it can also be drag on the homescreen to be use as an option to play download music in a random order with just one tap.
The app is showing curate playlists of Lata Mangeshkar as a tribute to the singer who pass away at the age of 92 on 6th February 2022.
In order to quickly play the songs that you have download as well as the ones which are download by YouTube Music’s Smart Download feature for offline listening, users have to long-tap the YouTube Music app icon on Android.
It will reveal two shortcuts : Downloads and Search.
Tap on the Downloads option and the app will start playing songs from downloaded tracks, including the ones from playlists such as Offline Mixtape and Likes.
The feature helps saves a few seconds as the user doesn’t need to navigate to the Downloads page in order to play songs.
This feature is also present on the version 4.64, and appears to have been roll out via a server-side update.
There’s no news on its iOS availability yet.
YouTube Music is currently showing various playlists under “Remembering Lata Mangeshkar” topic as a tribute to the late Indian musical legend.
The playlists include randomly select songs of the artist from various decades (from ‘50s to ‘80s).
YouTube Music app was reportedly spot showing users a Recommended radios tab on the mobile app.
The feature is tip to be under testing and is only visible to a limited number of users.
