Feature that YouTube Music users want is being tested on the streamer's Android app

YouTube Music is adding a feature that the streamer didn’t have and while it was obviously something that needed to be offered to the platform’s users, it doesn’t make the addition of this feature any less cool. Soon, YouTube Music will show how many times a song has been played by all users. There is a caveat; the play counts only appear on an artist’s landing page and only for the top five songs.According to some Redditors (via AndroidPolice), the play count feature has been spotted on the YouTube Music Android app and the website. The version of the Android app that includes the play count is version 6.03.51 although that is the version of YouTube Music on my Pixel 6 Pro and I do not have the play counts yet on my app. Google is probably using a server-side update to test the feature and when satisfied, it will push the update out to all Android users. Google is testing play counts for the Android version of the YouTube Music app. Image credit AndroidPolice Although it probably doesn’t matter considering that Google is using a server-side update, you can check to see which version of YouTube Music you’re running
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