[Officially Rollout] YouTube Music tests live lyrics with the more recent Casting UI

April 07/2023: Google finally released real-time lyrics for YouTube Music on Android. Currently, YouTube Music offers static lyrics when you pull up the middle tab at the bottom of Now Playing.

Update to lyrics
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Dec 24/2022: YouTube Music feature launches recap for August and September 2022 can be found here. It includes extensive rollouts for seven-day stats and a few hints about what the team is working on next. It is getting live lyrics as part of a new Casting UI that some users have already received, as previously suggested.

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Now you can see live lyrics with recent Casting UI

While Projecting YouTube Music from an Android telephone to a Chromecast Ultra, one Reddit client today is seeing another UI. The artwork for the album, the name of the song, and the artist used to be centered on the screen. Now, they’re off to the right with left-aligned text. Live lyrics that scroll with the current verse highlighted in white are now possible because of this. A blurry version of the artwork remains in the background.

As the tune closes, you get a rundown of credited lyricists. Additionally, U/PmMeYourChromebook notes that the previously centered UI returns when lyrics are unavailable. Live lyrics for casting YouTube music are not widely used. Cast sessions to a Chromecast of the second generation and the Chromecast with Google TV without success.

YouTube Music advised clients to anticipate “considerably more Verse highlights from now on” following an organization with MusixMatch that expanded inclusion. According to Google, a “positive impact on lyrics consumption rates since launch” has been observed. Recently, YouTube surveyed free clients about what highlights they need and advertised enhancements to verses as a decision.

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This would also be a nice feature for the Nest Hub and other Smart Displays. Google Play Music offered it in the latter part of 2018 and Spotify picked it up this year, both of which make use of the same lyrics backend.

Unlike Spotify and Apple, YouTube Music’s Now Playing screen’s lyrics are static and do not change color as a track plays. Likely, it will also be available on mobile devices. However, it is not yet clear whether Now Playing will undergo a redesign to place a greater emphasis on lyrics or whether customers will still need to open the middle tab first.

Lastly, on Android, the user interface was recently updated to remove the dislike button. And implement left-aligned text, which is currently popular.

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