• by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 6, 2024

Google wants to make tasks and information gathering across its services and platforms as easy to gain, retain and use as possible.

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) will help it get there by weaving all of its products and services together, similar to the search engine login implemented years ago that Google tied into its advertising services to improve first-party ad targeting.

"We’ve managed to activate YouTube Music as an Extension in the Gemini Android app," Android Authority wrote in a blog post. "The YouTube Music Gemini Extension allows Gemini to access your YouTube Music information to provide better search results."

Google describes Gemini, formerly Bard, as a mid-size multimodal model. This extension is a way to gain access to a summary of a search result crafted by AI.

The YouTube Music extension in Gemini would provide the ability to play, search, and discover songs, artists, playlists, and more. The extension is not live in Gemini today but could launch soon, according to the report.

It might have been discovered on accident, but Android Authority contributor Assemble Debug activated a new Gemini Extension for YouTube Music in the Google app v15.17.28.29.arm64.

The extension would let users search for songs, play a radio station based on a specific mood, as well as discover new music. Enabling the feature gives Gemini access to data from the user's YouTube Music account, such as playlists, playback history, and preferences. YouTube Music information also could also be shared with other extensions if that data is included in the conversation.