Although they are not usually among the most mentioned when talking about streaming music services. YouTube Music is gaining relevance and attracting more users. Several points play in its favor, such as the integration with YouTube, from which part of its catalog can also be fed, since it “inherited” the entire catalog of the defunct Google Music service and has now also become the target of many users after the closure of Google Podcasts.

It is true that for several years Google has behaved somewhat erratically when it comes to its design of content services, which undoubtedly affected the market share it currently maintains in them, which is undoubtedly lower than what can be imagined when we see its weight in other markets. . However, for some time now A commitment to center your entire proposal around YouTube seems the most reasonable and therefore the one that can bring you the most joy.

Another very smart move on his part was combine the premium versions of YouTube and YouTube Music in one subscription (although it is possible to subscribe only to this one, but the minimal price difference does not make it the most recommended option), a movement that undoubtedly has a lot of credit for the service reaching 100 million subscribers to the beginning of this anus. Now, in the face of such fierce competition, it is necessary to constantly improve, add new features and improve existing ones.

In this sense, in mid-March we told you about three features that they were already working on, and as we read today in 9to5Google, one of them has already started reaching some users, which You can now use the music identification feature integrated into YouTube Music. However, it seems that we are talking about a progressive deployment, because after doing a search and several checks in this regard, we found many users who still do not have it.

The closest link is of course Shazam, though Personally, it reminds me more of Sound Hound, a service that was a pioneer in identifying not only original songs, but also versions that the user sang and hummed to themselves (which, of course, has been present in Shazam for several years). This feature, which is now part of YouTube Music’s Music ID, has helped me many times in the past to find out what a tune was running through my head for whatever reason. Of course, I recommend not using it in public, because it is possible that you will suddenly find that a lot of people are looking at you with a rather strange gesture. It’s not like it’s happened to me, it’s something I’ve been told…