YouTube Music has a TikTok-like ‘Samples’ tab to help you find new music
by David Pierce from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DW26)
Get ready for a never-ending stream of music videos you've never seen before. | Image: YouTube YouTube Music is trying out a new way to help you find something to listen to. It's called Samples, and it occupies a new tab in the YouTube Music app. The company describes it as a seamless feed of short form video segments to get you to your new favorite music," which is just TikTok. Samples is TikTok, except it's exclusively made up of small snippets of music videos. Given the way music discovery operates in 2023, it could work.
The Samples feed is a personalized one, so when you open it, the app will attempt to provide you with a wide swath of music you might be into. If you find something you like, you can tap to play the song, watch the full video, add it to a playlist, or even make a short with it as the soundtrack. YouTube's...