When you connect your YouTube Music account, you can ask Gemini Apps to perform actions with YouTube Music, like:
- 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 energize me for my run.
What you need
To connect YouTube Music to Gemini Apps, you need to:
- Be signed in to the Gemini app. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps .
- Have Keep Activity on.Gemini can’t connect to YouTube Music when this setting is off.
Important:
- For now, YouTube Music isn’t available in Gemini in Chrome, Gemini in Google Messages, or Live chats.
- Some features aren’t available for all countries.
Connect YouTube Music to Gemini Apps
- Make sure you’re signed in to the same account you use with YouTube Music.
- Ask the Gemini app to find or play from YouTube Music, like
play music to help me focus.- Tip:If the Gemini app doesn’t use the YouTube Music app, you can include
@YouTubeMusicin your prompt.
- Tip:If the Gemini app doesn’t use the YouTube Music app, you can include
- If YouTube Music isn’t connected, you’ll get the option to connect it.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip:You can connect or disconnect the YouTube Music app anytime in your Connected Apps 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
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 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 a [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 app in Gemini, 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 your data is handled
Learn more about how your data is handled when Gemini works with Connected Apps .
