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YouTube Music is getting a new feature for its carousels that allows you to “play all” songs that are in it. As reported by 9To5Google, a new play all button has popped up for carousels on the home screen. This only appears to be for carousels on the home screen though.
It’s not clear if this is available for every single user just yet. But it is stated that the play all button is rolling out to YouTube Music users on Android, iOS, and the web. Wherever you use it, you just might see the new button available. If you’re using the Android or iOS apps though and you don’t see it, you can try updating the app. It also might just be that it’s a server-side change and it has yet to hit your device.
That being said, this is supposed to be a pretty wide rollout. So most users should see the play all button available by now. Or by the end of the day likely.
YouTube Music play all button is available on multiple home screen carousels
The button won’t show up on every single carousel but it is there for quite a few of them. We found it on Trending Songs but 9To5Google reports it’s also on Quick Picks, Covers & Remixes, Heard in Shorts and others. It’s also popped up on Recommended Music Videos.
The reason this feature is useful is because it allows you to play every song in the carousel you might want to hear. If you don’t tap play all, what happens is YouTube Music will just create a radio station based on that song. Very likely playing music from the same artist. But if you like multiple songs in the carousel, now you can listen to them in succession. And simply skip the ones you don’t care for.
It’s a minor change. But one that definitely brings some quality of life. And one users appear to be happy about.
