That said, it does fit YouTube’s icon style. To critique the design ever so briefly, the faint lines are somewhat hard to see as Google tries to convey a trio of iconography in a rather small space. YouTube Music recently switched from a lightning bolt to a sparkle icon for smart downloads. On occasion, you’ll see a system notification when downloads are being updated in the background. A small YouTube Music tweak sees smart downloads get a new sparkle icon.Īfter enabling smart downloads (Settings > Library & downloads) and selecting how many songs you want, YouTube Music will refresh what’s stored on a nightly basis when you’re connected to Wi-Fi (or mobile data if permitted) and the device has over 40% battery life.

YouTube Music has long been able to automatically download songs “based on your previous listening history” so that you always have a fresh collection of things to listen to when offline.