How to Collaborate on a YouTube Music Playlist
- Shubham Agarwal
@phonesoldier
We often message links to new music we discover with friends. But sharing links is cumbersome, and if the recipient doesnt open it immediately, the text can easily get lost in the shuffle. Fortunately, if youre a YouTube Music subscriber, there are collaborative playlists.
On YouTube Music, you have the ability to collaborate on a playlist and allow other users to add tracks to itsimilar to how you can edit a Google Doc together. To get started, make sure you have the latest version of YouTube Music installed on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
Open YouTube Music and visit the Library tab by tapping the button in the bottom-right corner.
Select Playlists and create a new playlist with the New Playlist option.
Enter a title and set the playlists Privacy setting to either Public or Unlisted. Picking Public means anyone can look it up and access it on YouTube Music. Unlisted restricts its visibility to only the people who have a direct link. Hit Create to save your new playlist.
In the updated list, tap the three-dot menu icon to the right of the new playlist and then select Edit Playlist.
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Tap the Collaborate option.
On the following screen, enable the Collaborators can add songs and videos toggle.
Under that toggle, a new link should be now available. To invite someone as a collaborator, share this URL with them.
When they open the link, they will automatically become a member and will have the permission to add songs to it like any other normal playlist.
You can add collaborators to your existing playlists too from each items three-dot menu icon > Edit Playlist menu. By default, all your playlists are private. You will have to edit its Privacy dropdown, which is located beside the Collaborate button.
These settings are available on YouTube Musics website, too. The steps largely remain identical. There, visit the Library section, click a playlists three-dot menu button, then select Edit Playlist.
Under the Collaborate tab, switch on the Collaborators can add songs and videos to this playlist toggle. Hit Done to save the changes.
If youre not a YouTube Music subscriber, collaborative playlists are also available on Spotify.
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Shubham is a freelance technology journalist from Ahmedabad, India. He has been covering technology for over four years for publications such as Digital Trends, HuffPost, Lifehacker, and more. When he's not writing about whatever's trending in the world of technology, you will find him either exploring a new city with his camera, binge-reading non-fiction books, and novels or playing the latest game on his PlayStation. Read Full Bio »