YouTube Music ‘Listening Room’ beta program launching [Update: Sign-ups closed]

To “help shape the future of YTM,” the YouTube Music staff is launching a “Listening Room” program to present chosen customers early entry to options and supply suggestions.

Update 1/22: The sign-up form for YouTube Music Listening Room is “no longer accepting submissions.” It closed roughly 24 hours after launch, with an “overwhelming response” cited by the YouTube Music staff.

Thanks in your curiosity in serving to to form the way forward for YouTube Music! Resulting from an amazing response, we’re not accepting submissions. We’re so grateful to have passionate customers who’re keen to present us suggestions. 🙏

Moreover beta testing new options, this system will “ask for feedback on pre-development concepts, or even have casual discussions about your routines and needs as a music listener.”

 We’ll proceed to learn this subreddit frequently to listen to your suggestions. Thanks once more for all of the opinions and concepts!

Unique 1/19: If chosen for the “Listening Room,” you’ll get early entry to new options and be a part of an “exclusive group of users” on Discord, with the YouTube Music product staff, to supply suggestions. 

One other perk is a free 12 months of YouTube Music Premium. Necessities embody:

• Be a lover of music
• Use YouTube Music as your main music streaming service for a 12 months (you possibly can nonetheless proceed utilizing one other music streaming service on the similar time)
• Give common suggestions by conversations and polls on Discord
• Conform to NOT share any info – i.e., taking screenshots, footage, or recordings of conversations or early options with anybody outdoors of the Discord group

The sign-up process on Google Forms asks how usually you take heed to streaming music, and what you think about to be your main service. One attention-grabbing distinction is between the principle YouTube app and YTM. 

Along with itemizing favourite artists and genres, there are seven potential consumer sorts that you simply’re requested to pick out from:

• Music is a large a part of my id, and my associates realize it. I’m at all times listening to new music, and I keep up-to-date with massive music developments.
• I like discovering new music, however it’s not an enormous a part of my life. I usually take heed to music whereas socializing, gaming, or consuming.
• I like staying within the know and being a part of a music group, though I don’t have tremendous robust opinions about music. I don’t need to miss out on the newest music developments.
• I prefer to take heed to the identical music time and again.
• I take advantage of music to alter the temper and make moments extra pleasant. I normally depend on music providers to stream music for me.
• I prefer to take heed to nostalgic music, and I normally take heed to music within the background whereas doing chores, touring, commuting, or figuring out.
• Music defines and evokes me. I’m extremely opinionated about music, and I don’t care as a lot about music that’s thought-about well-liked.

The staff can also be asking about type issue utilization and frequency: Telephone, Laptop computer / Desktop laptop, Pill, TV, Good speaker, Good show, and Good watch.

There are questions on short-form video consumption, and the way usually you take heed to audio-first content material: podcasts, interviews, audiobooks. 

There are then demographic questions, whereas it’s important to conform to not share any in-development options publicly, use YouTube Music as your main streaming app for the following 12 months, and supply common/energetic suggestions. 

If accepted, you may be contacted in February 2023 with subsequent steps.

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