With tens of millions of free and paid customers worldwide, YouTube Music is undoubtedly probably the greatest methods to tune in to your favorite music. Final yr, Google introduced it might discontinue its official Podcasts app and merge it with YouTube Music, however quickly after, many customers complained that the music streaming app was lacking out on a number of helpful options.
However now, the tech big is rolling out a brand new button that Google’s Podcasts app has had since 2018. Initially noticed in March of 2024 in an APK teardown, the brand new “trim silence” characteristic is now accessible in YouTube Music.
Because the identify suggests, it lets YouTube Music customers skip these awkward and prolonged silences in podcasts, that means you’ll now be capable to take heed to the present with out losing a few minutes simply to understand that nobody is speaking within the podcast. Whereas it does run the chance of skipping out on any intentional suspense generated by the podcast makers, in case you are in search of a option to shortly take heed to podcasts, that is actually helpful.
It seems to be just like the Trim Silence button is barely displaying up on the Android model of the app. (Categorical Photograph)
To make use of the brand new characteristic, merely begin any podcast in YouTube Music and faucet on the button labelled 1x, which seems on the underside left of the display screen and allows you to management the playback pace. Now, click on on the toggle named ‘Trim Silence’ to skip these awkward durations of silence.
On the time of writing, the characteristic did make an look on the most recent model of YouTube Music, however it’s nonetheless unclear if that is being rolled out through a server-side replace or a software program replace. Obtainable for each free and YouTube Premium customers, on the time of writing, the ‘Trim Silence’ button solely seems on the Android model of the app. This implies iPhone customers must wait some time to get the brand new characteristic.
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