5 Settings to do now on YouTube Music

2023-04-23 15:00:00

O YouTube Music has some presets that can affect the sound quality offered by the streaming service. The reason for these default settings is due to the goal of saving battery and internet data consumption on mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets. With that in mind, here are 5 settings for you to get the best quality on your YouTube Music.

5 Settings to do now on YouTube Music

Settings you need to change right now on your YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

1 – Limit smart downloads

YouTube Music has a feature called “smart downloads”, where the goal is to automatically download the user’s most listened to songs. For this, data from the recommendations and the history of use of the application is used. If you don’t usually listen to albums or playlists offline, the ideal thing is that you disable this feature that is activated by default when installing the app.

To disable the “smart downloads” function, just follow the step by step below.

Step 01: On the home screen of the YouTube Music app for Android, select your profile picture in the top right corner.

Step 01 - Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 01 – Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 02: On the Account screen, tap Downloads.

Step 02 - Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 02 – Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 03: Select the “dismiss” button.

Step 03 - Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 03 – Limiting smart downloads on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

2 – Disable animated thumbnails

Animated thumbnails in YouTube Music can make the application more beautiful to look at, but consume internet bandwidth that might be used to play music. Therefore, it is interesting to change this setting so that animated thumbnails are never shown. Follow the steps below to carry out the process.

Step 01: On the home screen of the YouTube Music app for Android, select your profile picture in the top right corner.

Step 01 - Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 01 – Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 02: On the account screen, tap “Settings”.

Step 02 - Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 02 – Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 03: In the “Settings” section, select “General”.

Step 03 - Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 03 – Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 04: Tap “Show Animated Thumbnails”.

Step 04 - Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 04 – Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 05: Select “Never”.

Step 05 - Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 05 – Disabling animated thumbnails in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

3 – Change audio quality settings in Data saver

To prevent YouTube Music from limiting the streaming of music audio files, you need to change some options in the “Data Saving” section. There it will be possible to set the audio quality of the tracks when connecting the device via Wi-Fi or mobile data. Check below how to do this.

Step 01: On the home screen of the YouTube Music app for Android, select your profile picture in the top right corner.

Step 01 - Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 01 – Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 02: On the account screen, tap “Settings”.

Step 02 - Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 02 – Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 03: In the “Settings” section, select “Data Saver”.

Step 06 - Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 03 – Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 04: Tap the “Audio quality over mobile network” and “Audio quality over Wi-Fi” options.

Step 04 - Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 04 – Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 05: Change both to “Always High”.

Step 04 - Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 05 – Changing audio quality settings in Data Saver in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

4 – Block music videos

As YouTube Music is an application that was created for music playback, it is interesting to block video playback, as you can already do this in the YouTube application. To do this, follow the steps below.

Step 01: On the home screen of the YouTube Music app for Android, select your profile picture in the top right corner.

Step 01 - Blocking music videos on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 01 – Blocking music videos on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 02: On the account screen, tap “Settings”.

Step 02 - Blocking music videos on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 02 – Blocking music videos on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 03: In the “Settings” section, select “Data Saver”.

Step 01 - Blocking music videos on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 03 – Blocking music videos on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 04: Tap “Don’t play music videos”.

Step 01 - Blocking music videos on YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 04 – Blocking music videos on YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

5 – Change audio quality in Downloads and storage

To determine the audio quality of music files downloaded from YouTube Music to your device for offline listening purposes, it is important to change a setting in the app. To do this, follow the steps below.

Step 01: On the home screen of the YouTube Music app for Android, select your profile picture in the top right corner.

Step 01 - Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 01 – Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 02: On the account screen, tap “Settings”.

Step 02 - Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 02 – Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 03: In the “Settings” section, select “Downloads and Storage”.

Step 03 - Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 03 – Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 04: Tap “Audio Quality”.

Step 04 - Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music.  Source: Vitor Valeri
Step 04 – Changing the audio quality in Downloads and storage in YouTube Music. Source: Vitor Valeri

Step 05: Select the “High” option.

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