YouTube Music set to roll out lyrics sharing feature to Android users
YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing wants to make it easier to post your favourite song lines or sing along with friends
You know that feeling when a lyric hits just right—like it was written for your mood, and all you want to do is share it? If you're listening on YouTube Music, there's now a way to do exactly that.
According to reports, Google’s music streaming platform is set to roll out a new feature that lets users share specific song lyrics directly from the app. But there’s a small catch: it is set to be available only on Android first, and not everyone has access just yet.
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According to a post on Reddit, the new feature lives under the Lyrics tab in the YouTube Music Android app. Once you tap the new Share button, you will be able to select a specific section from the song. After that, you're taken to a customisation screen where you can choose your background colour. The final image will show your selected lyrics, the song title, the artist name, album art at the top, and a YouTube Music logo at the bottom.
From there, you’ve got two options: save the image to your device or share it directly to your socials or messaging apps. Instagram stories? Group chats? It’s your call.
Looks like you can now share lyrics!
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If this feels familiar, it’s because Apps like Musixmatch gave us a taste of lyric sharing long before streaming giants caught on, letting us copy, paste, and even screenshot lyrics to share with friends.
Now Spotify and Apple Music already offer similar features—selectable, shareable lyrics wrapped in eye-catching visuals. But this is a first for YouTube Music, and it’s arriving at a time when the platform has passed 100 million subscribers globally, according to YouTube Music. That puts it ahead of Apple Music’s reported 93 million, though still well behind Spotify’s massive 626 million user base, but YouTube is clearly making moves to compete with the others.
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Although the feature is yet to go live, users might soon be able to use the feature on their devices once it begins to roll out. Meanwhile, there’s no word on when iOS users will get it. Still, this is a solid step forward for YouTube Music, especially if it wants to attract more socially active users who love sharing their music moments.
