YouTube Music to add natural-language song search with AI

At its Made On YouTube 2026 event, YouTube announced two AI features for YouTube Music: Ask Music, which lets users search songs, artists and podcasts using natural-language prompts, and Your Podcast Lineup, offering weekly audio previews of recommended shows with reasons why they may appeal. Both are marked "coming soon" for YouTube Premium and Music subscribers.

• Ask Music searches 300+ million songs, including remixes and live sets
• Your Podcast Lineup gives weekly audio previews of podcasts
• Features will roll out to YouTube Premium and Music subscribers
• Music users discovered new artists over 450 million times in July