Youtube Music now lets you share lyrics with your friends

YouTube Music is getting a small but useful update. The app now lets users share song lyrics directly with others. This feature is already available on both Android and iOS.

To use it, open a song and go to the lyrics section. Then just press and hold on the lyrics you want to share. You can pick a few lines, and YouTube Music will turn them into a nicely designed image that you can share on social media or through messages. You can choose to share it through Instagram, Snapchat, or other apps using your phone’s sharing tools.

The lyric-sharing feature is powered by MusixMatch, the same service that provides lyrics in the app. Right now, not every song supports this feature, so it may not work with all tracks.

YouTube Music has been working to make lyrics more useful in recent months. In February, they added real-time lyrics that move along with the song, and they started testing a comments feature to let listeners talk about tracks.

This new sharing option makes it easier for people to connect over music by sharing parts of songs that stand out to them. It’s another way YouTube Music is trying to compete with other music apps like Spotify and Apple Music.