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.
- This app is currently being released in all languages supported by Gemini Apps. The release is gradual, so it might not be available to you just yet.
- Apps are only available when Gemini Apps Activity 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.
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.
Play & control music with the Gemini mobile app
Important: Background play on the YouTube Music app is only available to YouTube Premium and Music Premium members. Explore YouTube Music Premium benefits.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to play music or playlists. If Gemini is connected to the YouTube Music app, it either automatically plays music or opens the YouTube Music app. If you use Gemini as your mobile assistant, you can also ask it to control music that’s playing.
- On your Android device, open the Gemini mobile app
.
- If you use Gemini as your mobile assistant, you can also activate Gemini by voice or touch if you set up those options. Learn how to set up your Gemini mobile app.
- Ask the app to play music or a playlist.
- With a YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership, music automatically plays from YouTube Music in the background.
- Without a YouTube Premium or Music Premium membership, the YouTube Music app automatically opens and plays music.
- Optionally, ask the app to control playback.
Examples
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 apps work in Gemini
- Gemini only connects to apps that are on your Apps page in Gemini settings. This includes apps you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
- Gemini checks for apps that can help it generate a more helpful response. If Gemini finds an app that can help, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that app. For example, Gemini will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps app is on in your Apps page in Gemini settings.
- Gemini won’t access your personal content in other services without your permission. Some apps are designed to automatically work with Gemini apps.
- If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
- Collect your personal information.
- Store and use that information according to YouTube’s terms of service.
- Store your watch history in your YouTube History. Learn how to manage your YouTube watch history.
- Gemini Apps can connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfill your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
- If you disable the YouTube app, you can still talk Live about a video you’re viewing in the YouTube app.
Learn more about how connected apps work with your personal data.