YouTube Music is finally testing the long-requested playlist search feature

YouTube Music seems to be quietly rolling out a long-requested function — the power to go looking inside playlists. Customers have been asking for this function for years, and it now appears like Google is lastly responding.

A Reddit person reported seeing a brand new “Discover in Playlist” possibility within the YouTube Music iOS app. In keeping with the person, the function is obtainable on model 8.45.3 of the app, they usually confirmed they’re primarily based in India. In addition they famous that whereas they’ll search inside playlists, they nonetheless can’t search via radios saved to their library.

Though it looks as if a easy function, one that ought to have been out there on an app like YouTube Music from day one, playlist search has been a serious ache level for customers for years. Till now, the one approach to search inside playlists has been by utilizing browser extensions on desktop, leaving app customers and not using a built-in approach to search their playlists.

That mentioned, the rollout of the brand new function appears extraordinarily restricted as of now. Android and iOS customers commented on the Reddit thread, saying they’ll’t see the “Discover in Playlist” possibility simply but. We additionally checked the identical model of the YouTube Music app on iOS in India, and the playlist search possibility isn’t displaying up for us. It’s doable that the function is presently in an A/B testing part, a standard method Google takes earlier than broadly releasing new options.

When and if the function is made out there extra broadly, it ought to present up once you faucet the three-dot menu subsequent to a playlist. It will be particularly helpful for YouTube Music customers who’ve large playlists, permitting them to rapidly find particular tracks with out limitless scrolling.

For now, we’ll simply have to attend and watch if Google decides to roll out the function to everybody or check it extra broadly.