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What do you want to know?
- YouTube Music wants to show you what your subscribed artists are doing.
- The app is introducing a new Activity Feed, which shows new singles and albums from subscribed artists.
- The feature is currently rolling out to Android and iOS users, but web users will have to wait.
YouTube Music for Android and iOS is getting a new feed called “Activity” that appears when users press the notification bell icon in the Music app.
As noted. 9to5Google, it was spotted in the YouTube Music app last month. However, it seems to be rolling out widely to all app users on both iOS and Android devices.
Currently, the YouTube Music app has a notification bell icon, which can be seen at the top when users are in the “Home” tab. This icon was usually used to roll out app notifications like every other app. However, users will see a new “Activity” feed after the rollout of the latest update, with “updates from artists you subscribe to and other activity will be displayed here.”
As 9to5 points out, the Activity Feed displays new singles and albums from artists that users are currently subscribed to in reverse chronological order. As the rollout becomes more widely available to users, we may add more features, such as the ability to watch new podcasts from their subscribed channels.
Also, the feed is likely to be grouped weekly or monthly as it currently displays the work of certain artists under the “This Week” section.
Under the all-new Activity Feed, users of the YouTube Music app can also find a “Suggested for You” feed, where they can subscribe to their favorite artists that they haven’t subscribed to. As 9to5 notes, this feed is likely based on their music listening history.
Artist activity is a familiar feature. Spotify and other music streaming services provide a similar feed that highlights music artists enjoy, especially the musicians they follow.
As for the rollout, it’s currently showing up on the YouTube Music app as mentioned above, and it’s nowhere to be seen on YouTube Music for Web yet.
