When you connect your YouTube Music account, you can ask Gemini Apps to perform actions with YouTube Music, such as:
- Show, find or play music, like a song, album, artist, playlist or radio.
- Create a playlist or radio based on mood, activity, artist and more. For example,
create a playlist to energise me for my run.
Important:
- The YouTube Music extension isn't available in Gemini in Google Messages.
- For now, the YouTube Music extension only works with prompts in some languages.
- Extensions are only available when Gemini Apps activity is on.
- Some features aren't available for all countries.
- Extensions work in the same way for both spoken and typed prompts. On Android mobile devices, if 'Hey Google' doesn't work, check if 'Hey Google' and Voice Match are set up.
Connect YouTube Music to Gemini Apps
- Make sure that you're signed in to the same account that you use with YouTube Music.
- Ask the Gemini app to find or play from YouTube Music, for example,
play music to help me focus.- Tip: If the Gemini app doesn't use the YouTube Music extension, you can include
@YouTubeMusicin your prompt.
- Tip: If the Gemini app doesn't use the YouTube Music extension, you can include
- If YouTube Music isn't connected, you'll have the option to connect it.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip: You can also turn YouTube Music on or off in your Extensions settings.
ExamplesYou can ask Gemini Apps to show, find or play music from YouTube Music. For example:
- Show some rock music
- Turn on white noise @YouTubeMusic
- Play music that I like
- Play rock music radio
- Show me songs from modern artists keeping classic blues alive
You can also use these prompts:
- Find [song name] by [artist name]
- Find the album [album title] by [artist name]
- Find [playlist name] playlist on YouTube Music
- Find [genre] music on YouTube Music
- Search for songs similar to [song name] by [artist name] on YouTube Music
- Find the song that goes [song lyrics]
- Find the [song name] music video on YouTube Music
- Start a radio based on the song [song name]
- Search for [artist name] songs on YouTube Music
Play and control music with the Gemini mobile app
Important: Background play on the YouTube Music app is only available to YouTube Premium and Music Premium members. Explore YouTube Music Premium benefits.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to play music or playlists. If the app uses the YouTube Music extension, it either automatically plays music or opens the YouTube Music app. If you use Gemini as your mobile assistant, you can also ask it to control music that’s playing.
- On your Android device, open the Gemini mobile app
.
- If you use Gemini as your mobile assistant, you can also activate Gemini by voice or touch if you set up those options. Learn how to set up your Gemini mobile app.
- Ask the app to play music or a playlist.
- With a YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership, music automatically plays from YouTube Music in the background.
- Without a YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership, the YouTube Music app automatically opens and plays music.
- Optionally, ask the app to control playback.
Examples
Play music- Play [song name] by [artist name]
- Play the album [album title] by [artist name]
- Play [playlist name] playlist
- Play [genre] music
- Play the [song name] music video
- Pause
- Resume or play
- Stop
- Skip or next
- Previous
- Restart or go back
Create a radio or playlist in YouTube Music
Important: For now, you can create a radio or playlist with English prompts only.
With YouTube Music, you can set up a radio for a continuous stream of songs based on your preferences or a playlist for a fixed set of tracks.
You can ask Gemini Apps to create a YouTube Music radio or playlist.
To create a radio, try these examples:
- Create a radio of songs that I'm familiar with
- Play [time period and genre] songs that are less well known
- Create a [mood] radio for [activity]
- Play [mood] music to start my [day, week]
- Play upbeat songs by [artist name] or [artist name]
- Play the [artist name] radio on YouTube Music
To create a playlist, try these examples:
- Make a playlist with [genre, mood, activity] music
- Build an [artist name] playlist with [mood] music
- Mix up a [genre] playlist that's best for [mood, activity]
- Create a [mood, activity, season] playlist
Add [genre, artist name] music to it
Tip: To save the playlist or radio to your library, select Save to library.
About your YouTube Music watch history
When you use the YouTube Music extension, your YouTube Music watch history is stored based on your settings. You can view and manage your YouTube Music watch history. Learn how to manage your watch history.
How extensions work in Gemini Apps
- Gemini Apps only use extensions that are turned on in your Extensions settings. This includes extensions that you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an '@' mention.
- Gemini Apps check for extensions that can help them generate a more helpful response. If a Gemini app finds an extension that can help, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that extension. For example, Gemini Apps will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps extension is on.
- Gemini Apps won't access your personal content in other services without your permission. Some Gemini extensions are designed to automatically work with tools, apps and content on your device to help you seamlessly interact with it.
- If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
- Collect your personal information.
- Store and use that information according to YouTube's Terms of Service.
- Store your watch history in your YouTube History. Learn how to manage your YouTube Watch History.
- Gemini Apps can use extensions to help you connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfil your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
Learn more about how extensions work with your personal data.