According to me, yes! People have definitely started getting the new YouTube Music sorting update, but the rollout still seems very limited and random right now.
From what users are posting online, the new playlist sorting options are:
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Title
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Artist
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Album
They are finally appearing for some people after years of complaints about YouTube Music’s weak playlist organization system.
The interesting part is that even users on the exact same app version are having different experiences. Some people on Reddit say they already received the feature, while others updated their app and still cannot see anything new. That strongly suggests Google is doing a server-side phased rollout instead of a full public release.
Honestly, according to me, this is very typical Google behavior. They often release features slowly to:
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Test stability
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Monitor bugs
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Collect feedback
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Avoid large-scale app issues
before enabling the feature for everyone.
A lot of users online seem shocked that such a basic feature took this long to arrive. Some reactions on Reddit were basically:
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“Finally!”
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“Can’t believe this took years.”
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“Spotify had this forever.”
which shows how frustrated YouTube Music users have been with playlist management.
From a user perspective, this update actually matters more than it sounds. If you have huge playlists with hundreds or thousands of songs, sorting by artist or album makes the app dramatically easier to use. Until now, many people had to manually scroll endlessly or rearrange playlists themselves.
So overall, yes, real users are definitely getting the new sorting update already, but the rollout still looks early, inconsistent, and heavily phased. According to me, it will probably take a few more weeks before most YouTube Music users worldwide receive it officially.
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