Aug 19, 2020

Adding Multiple Songs to a playlist?

So I am trying to transition to YT Music and one feature that I used the most is uploading an album or set of tracks and adding them to a playlist at once. I swear I did it once in YT Music. But that doesn't seem to be an option. Anyone know how to do that?

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Aug 20, 2020

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User 11755774032935241667

Mar 23, 2021

I ran into this today, since youtube music seems to have corrupted one of my playlists. I can't rebuild it without investing hours of time. Thanks for getting rid of your decent music platform and replacing it with a pile of crap. The only reason to use youtube music is that it gets you youtube premium otherwise it is worse than every other streaming platform in existence.

Lee Pope 1279

Mar 25, 2021

Does Google not care about this anymore? Is there some technical reason they'd eliminate a basic function they used to provide?

User 7767435902439450868

Mar 28, 2021

The lack of basic features in YouTube Music that existed in GPM is really appalling. As a software engineer myself, I can't imagine forcing all users onto such a bad "replacement" software when it lacks 40% of the essential features of the existing software. Your minimum viable product is too minimal and not viable. Who approved that decision? I can't edit tags, I can't add multiple tracks to a playlist, I have to constantly click Uploads to "stay" within my own uploads, and on and on. GOOGLE, PLEASE GET YOUR act together on this.

User 2466114028229512740

Mar 30, 2021

Shocking that one of the largest technology companies in the world would put something like this out, Youtube music app/web app is miles off Spotify. Shame really.

Peter H 221

Apr 3, 2021

Many many months later and we're STILL waiting for this most basic of functions?

AB94

Apr 7, 2021

Bizarre that they don't have a basic select option to then add multiple songs at once. especially when creating playlists on desktop. Very frustrating having to click one by one. Not even a simple add button opposed to having to select via drop down for each track.

Casper iNudadalen

Apr 12, 2021

Completely bizzare to not be abble transferring more tracks then "one" from one playlist to another without copy ALL the tracks.

Last edited Apr 12, 2021

Brian 9263

Apr 16, 2021

Yeah, this is terrible. Having to add a song to a playlist by clicking 3 times is ridiculous. Please impliment something better.

R Ahn

Apr 22, 2021

This has been a real issue since the very beginning. What a total screw-up by Google/Youtube.

It's extremely annoying and I, too, am looking to switch out from YTM.

Google user

Apr 25, 2021

same here! I've been paying for the app for months and I started to wonder if I was missing a feature or needed an update but nope. I guess we're supposed to make our own playlist outside of the app? but if I have to do that, I'll just take my entire music library that I've cultivated from RIP google play music somewhere else. I don't have the time to manage 1,615 songs one by one because the app is missing this basic feature 😤😒

Jeremy Van Eseltine

Apr 27, 2021

It's insanity to me over a year after this apps release and there still is no function for managing Algorithm based built playlists to be exported to another or existing playlist.

you're algorithms be dammed (even if they are good) if i cant add the songs i liked so much after being subjected to listening to them into a playlist that allows me to listen to them again without remembering to go to each song as it plays, and manually add it into a playlist.

You're google alphabet, you cant "google" this to figure it out?

if it wasnt for the fact everyone is mostly stuck using your platforms people would flee in droves over the lack of this feature and the many other bugs you've implemented on other services.
I'm looking at other streaming services, and I'm seriously considering leaving your services, (despite a decade of use) in favor of more functional products that don't also track every single thing I click on, read, or navigate to.

if you're a longtime Google subscriber reading this, you are as frustrated as me, and we should consider leaving Google in favor of open source software that follows the 4 basic freedoms all software should use as its governance.

The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1).
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.

Metal Zealot

May 2, 2021

Preach, Jeremy 🙏 YTM is a complete garbage fire that Google is just roasting marshmallows over