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YouTube Music finally lets you get chatty while listening to albums

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Why This Matters

The addition of comment sections to albums in YouTube Music enhances user engagement by allowing listeners to share and view opinions directly on entire collections. This feature aligns with YouTube's broader social experience, fostering community interaction around music. For the industry, it represents a step toward more social and interactive music streaming platforms, potentially increasing user retention and engagement.

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TL;DR YouTube Music has rolled out an update that brings a change to Albums.

Albums now have a comment section, like individual songs and podcasts.

Whether you hate them or love them, comments are a core part of the YouTube experience. That’s not just the case for the YouTube app; it’s also true for YouTube Music. And now there’s one more place where you can share your thoughts in the Music app.

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YouTube Music has recently rolled out an update that has brought a change to Albums. Now, when you go into an album, you’ll see a new icon to the right of the play button. Tapping on that icon will open up a comments section, allowing you to see what others think about the collection of music you’re listening to. Previously, you could only see a list of songs on this screen.

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This isn’t the first instance of comments on the platform. For example, you’ll find a comment section on individual songs, as well as on podcasts. However, this is the first time comments have been available in an album.

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