YouTube Music

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4.8of 5 · store
1,514,247ratings on the App Store
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

A unique catalog thanks to YouTube videos and live recordings, but as a music player the app systematically breaks: the algorithm stopped taking likes and dislikes into account, search periodically fails to find well-known artists, and offline playlists load slowly even for local files.

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What people use it for

Listeners who need access to YouTube content in a player format

What reviews praise

Access to live performances, covers, and rare recordings not available in traditional catalogs.

What reviews complain about

The recommendation algorithm has stopped learning the listener's taste and mixes genres despite explicit signals.

What users experience

2 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

Siri was broken for a couple days after an update but it seems to be working now? At least half the time.. Only thing that needs improving is CarPlay. It's lacking features.

I'm not sure what happened to the algorithm over the past six months to a year but it changed. Ever since then it started mixing genres and playing artists that I never listen to. Or it thinks that since I listen to some pop music on occasion that I must love all pop music even though I've disliked