What you need to know
- YouTube Music has started rolling out real-time lyrics.
- The lyrics tab displays large text that automatically highlights and scrolls as the song plays.
- This feature is currently being rolled out, but is not widely available at this time.
YouTube Music may be one of our favorite music streaming platforms, but the app often lags behind others when it comes to adopting certain features. And while static lyrics are already available on the service, YouTube Music users are starting to receive live, live lyrics.
Some Reddit users have clarified what the feature will look like when deployed to devices. Compared to YouTube Music’s default static lyrics, this new version is much bolder, with lyrics automatically scrolling and highlighted as the song plays.
Updated lyrics on r/YoutubeMusic
Oddly enough, the feature started rolling out without any official announcement from YouTube, but it may still roll out as more people start receiving it.
The feature doesn’t look much different than what we’ve seen on other platforms such as Spotify, which has rolled out real-time lyrics globally in 2021. – Toki’s lyrics are from the end of last year. Still, it’s nice to finally reach users.
The obvious advantage of real-time lyrics is that you don’t have to do any work. You don’t have to scroll and squint to read a fairly small font, the app scrolls the text to make it easier to read. It’s much more ideal for users who want to sing along or have an impromptu karaoke session.
That’s not the only recent change to YouTube Music. In addition to new filters for podcasts, YouTube Music has started testing a new grid layout for its library.
Regarding real-time lyrics, it seems that the function has appeared in the YouTube Music version 5.51.50It’s likely a server-side change, with many on Reddit pointing out that they haven’t seen the change yet. Despite using the latest version of the app, some of my devices are still not receiving realtime.
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