Have you ever wished YouTube Music would know when you hit pause on a song and resume playback on another device, like going from a smart speaker to your phone or car? If so, we have good news. This small but meaningful feature has been missing for years, and now it’s finally here.
Lately, YouTube has been working hard to improve its music streaming service and better compete with the big boys. For example, last week, YouTube made starting a custom radio station easier andfixed the visual indicatorfor shuffle and repeat modes. These were two small changes that had a big impact on usability, and now we’re getting another one just a few days later.
YouTube Music has always tracked your listening history, making it easy to find what you were listening to on another device. However, the latest app version 8.26.51 has started to get music playback resume options that will sync across devices. This is a small quality-of-life change, but one I couldn’t be happier to have finally.
See, I listen to YouTube Music daily, all throughout the day. But when I hit pause on a smart speaker and jump in my truck, it picks up where I left off the last time I drove, not what I was listening to in the house. It’s 2025, and that’s not very useful.
Now, YouTube Music will understand that you’ve switched devices, populate your current playlist (or listening) on other devices, and display a big “Resume” button. I’m on the latest version of the app, but I’m not seeing this change yet. However, the folks atAndroid Authority, who spotted it, confirmed it’s indeed rolling out.
Furthermore, the YouTube Music speed dial and continue listening area doesn’t just show one song, but several. If you hit pause on a few different songs, they’ll populate in a new area inside the app on phones, in your browser, and more.
you’re able to fire up YouTube Music, see multiple songs you stopped streaming halfway through, and easily resume playback. It seems like such a simple feature, similar to resuming episodes onNetflixor a podcast on Spotify, but for whatever reason, it was missing on YouTube Music until now.
It looks like Google is slowly rolling out the change to users, so if you don’t see it right away, be patient. It should hit more devices over the next few days, as Google typically takes 1–2 weeks to push server-side features like this to all users.
Some of my biggest complaints with YouTube Music were the small things, likeaudio normalization, which received a fix earlier this year, button placement, no Hi-Fi audio, and cross-device sync for resuming music. Now, many of those have all been fixed. So, the next time you’restreaming a live performanceon your TV and want to continue it in the car, you’ll be able to do so.
