YouTube Music Starts Trial Features That Users Have Wanted For Years

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JAKARTA - YouTube Music seems to have secretly started releasing a feature that its users have long asked for: the ability to search for songs in the playlist. After years of being one of the biggest shortages of this platform, Google was finally seen responding to the request.

A Reddit user reported that he discovered a new option that reads Find in Playlist on the iOS version of the YouTube Music app. The user said that the feature appeared in the app version 8.45.3, and he confirmed that he was domiciled in India. He also added that although he could search in the playlist, he still couldn't search for the radio stored in the account library.

The search feature in the playlist actually looks simple even should have been part of the app since its first day was released. But so far, YouTube Music users don't have the built-in way to search for certain songs in their playlist. The only previous method was to use a browser extension on desktop, while app users didn't have that option at all.

However, the release of this new feature seems to be still very limited. In the same Reddit discussion, many Android and iOS users say that they can't see the 'Find in Playlist' option in their app yet.

Even when a number of teams checked the same version of the application on iOS in India, this feature has not yet appeared. This indicates that Google is likely to be conducting A/B testing, which is a limited testing phase that is often carried out before the launch of features widely.

If later the feature is released more widely, the search option will appear when the user taps on the three-dot icon next to the playlist. This ability will certainly really help YouTube Music users, especially those with big playlists containing hundreds to thousands of songs. With the presence of this feature, they no longer need to scroll long just to find one particular song.

For now, users still have to wait to see if Google will release this playlist search feature thoroughly or expand its trial first.