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With millions of free and paid users worldwide, YouTube Music is undoubtedly one of the best ways to tune in to your favourite music. Last year, Google announced it would discontinue its official Podcasts app and merge it with YouTube Music, but soon after, many users complained that the music streaming app was missing out on several useful features.
But now, the tech giant is rolling out a new button that Google’s Podcasts app has had since 2018. Initially spotted in March of 2024 in an APK teardown, the new “trim silence” feature is now available in YouTube Music.
As the name suggests, it lets YouTube Music users skip those awkward and lengthy silences in podcasts, meaning you will now be able to listen to the show without wasting a couple of minutes just to realise that no one is talking in the podcast. While it does run the risk of skipping out on any intentional suspense generated by the podcast makers, if you are looking for a way to quickly listen to podcasts, this is really handy.
To use the new feature, simply start any podcast in YouTube Music and tap on the button labelled 1x, which appears on the bottom left of the screen and lets you control the playback speed. Now, click on the toggle named ‘Trim Silence’ to skip those awkward periods of silence.
At the time of writing, the feature did make an appearance on the latest version of YouTube Music, but it is still unclear if this is being rolled out via a server-side update or a software update. Available for both free and YouTube Premium users, at the time of writing, the ‘Trim Silence’ button only appears on the Android version of the app. This means iPhone users will have to wait a while to get the new feature.
