YouTube Music users who use the free version of Google's music service may soon use the site without the ability to display song lyrics. More or less anyone may visit the main YouTube Music website to play music. You can even do so without an account, but that means that certain features are limited or not available as all.
Users who sign in gain access to playlists that they may create, get personal recommendations, and other features. All users of YouTube Music may display lyrics of the song that is playing on the site. A click on lyrics display them on YouTube Music.
Reports suggest that Google is trialing to move the lyrics feature behind a paywall. A Reddit user published a screenshot of YouTube Music that showed the limitation. It states "you have three views remaining. Unlock lyrics with Premium" in the lyrics tab.
Lyrics won't be displayed anymore when the limit is reached. Google has not published a statement regarding the limitation at this point. We reached out to Google but have not heard back yet.
Our own tests showed no signs of lyrics limits on YouTube Premium. We ran tests with and without accounts, on the web and in the mobile versions. Google is likely running tests or experiments to test the waters. It does so often to test user reactions before rolling out a feature to more users or cancelling the rollout.
Google is not the only company that tried to make lyrics a premium feature. Spotify tried the same, but decided against it after it received heavy criticism. Whether user outcry will be enough to convince Google to do the same remains to be seen.
For now, if you are affected and not signed in to an account, try private browsing mode or a different browser, As a signed in user, your options are limited. You could try signing out and in again, or clearing the entire cache.
You could also switch to a different service. Spotify, for example, does not restrict lyrics on its platform.
Google has started to go after Premium account abuses recently as well.
Now You: do you use a music streaming service? If so, which and why that one?
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