YouTube Music will no longer use your precise location to give song recommendations

Priya BhadaurjaAugust 30, 2022

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YouTube Music will no longer use your precise location to give song recommendations. Google’s music streaming service, YouTube Music, has declared that it will no longer create personalized playlists for customers based on their exact location. Starting on September 26, YouTube Music will stop using exact location and even destroy the information that was gathered from it.

YouTube Music will no longer use your precise location to give song recommendations

YouTube Music to stop using precise locations for recommendations. If you have granted the app location permission, YouTube Music currently uses Google Location History. The app makes song and playlist recommendations based on your actual location, including Workout Essentials, Focus Supermix, Unwind, and more. The business thinks that by using the user’s approximate location, they may suggest such music and playlists.

According to the Support page for YouTube Music, “We’ve chosen to stop using precise location in YouTube Music. All exact location-based suggestions, location preferences, and app permissions will be removed. Any YouTube Music data that was collected from your specific location is likewise being deleted. The new policy will take effect on September 26.

Users of YouTube Music will continue to receive playlists based on their general area, such as playlists of the top songs in the nation, playlists about the weather, and so forth. Users won’t notice any changes to these functions, according to YouTube. It should be noted that the app will still access your location.

Furthermore, the business makes it clear that “This change solely affects your location settings in YouTube Music. It has no effect on the location settings on your gadget or on your Google Location History settings.

For the unversed, YouTube Music users also have a choice to temporarily turn off the location access by going to the Settings section, then Privacy and location and then turning off the toggle for location. Android users can decide which app can access their location by giving permission to each one of them manually. This option is buried deep in the settings section of the smartphone.