Play & manage your music from YouTube Music with Gemini Apps
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.
Important:
- YouTube Music isn’t currently available in Gemini in Google Messages.
- The YouTube Music app is only available when the Keep Activity setting is on.
- Some features aren’t available for all countries.
- Connected Apps work the same way for both spoken and typed prompts. On Android mobile devices, if "Hey Google" doesn’t work, check if "Hey Google" and Voice Match are set up.
- To use this feature, you must be signed in to Gemini Apps. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
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 also enable or disable the YouTube Music app on your Apps page in Gemini 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
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.