10 unobvious Apple Music features

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

It's easy to get confused with the sheer number of tracks and capabilities of Apple Music. A life hacker will help improve the experience of interacting with a popular music service.

Apple Music is one of the most famous and convenient programs for finding and listening to music, and it is also available for Android devices. The service has over 40 million songs, personal selections and playlists for different occasions and moods. The life hacker will introduce the lesser-known features of Apple Music in the iOS app.

1. View the album of the song being played

Once you find a great new song, you can easily open the entire album that includes that track. To do this, go to "Now Playing" and click on the artist's name and album title highlighted in red.

2. Add to library or download

By default, the "+" (or "+ add" for an album) button takes the song (or album) to the library without being able to listen offline. This can be fixed by going to Settings → Music and enabling the Automatic Downloads feature. Now all the songs added to the library will be available even without connecting to Wi-Fi or mobile Internet.

Keep in mind that it takes quite a lot of memory to load audio. In the music settings, you can enable "Storage Optimization", and then the songs that have not been played for a long time will be automatically deleted.

3. Change the view of the media library

You can customize the library to suit your interests. For example, add a folder with genres or artists. To do this, go to the library and click on "Change". Also, do not forget about the "Sort" function: this button is at the top, if you go to the folder. With its help, you can sort songs, albums or playlists alphabetically, by artist or by the time they were added (in different folders, the reasons for sorting are different).

4. 3D Touch

On smartphones with 3D Touch, long press to open the song context menu. There are times when you want to add a track to play later, but the song switches instead. In order not to spoil your mood, we advise you to practice properly with 3D Touch.

5. "Next" or "Later"

There are two options in the context menu: Play Next and Play Later. The difference between them is that the first option adds the song to the beginning of the "Next" list, and the second - to the very end. By the way, you can see this list by scrolling down the Now Playing screen.

6. Creating stations

Apple Music has the ability to play a random set of tracks similar to any song, artist, or album. To do this based on the song, you need to go to the menu using 3D Touch or the icon in the form of three dots, and click on "Create Station". In the case of an artist or an album, you need to find a button in the form of three dots next to a name or title - and then everything is the same as for a song. The created stations will be displayed in the "Radio" tab in the "Recent" section.

7. "Shuffle" and "repeat"

With a recent redesign, the Shuffle and Redo buttons have disappeared from the Now Playing screen. To find them, you need to go down a little.

8. Siri

The voice assistant can be used as a personal DJ: for example, ask to play any track, album, playlist from Apple Music. For a more advanced search, ask Siri to play an album of the currently playing song or a major hit of any year.

9. Search options

Don't ignore your library or Apple Music search filters. By default, the search is performed throughout the entire service catalog. If you have your own library, it will be faster to find the desired composition in it.

10. Equalizer

To improve the quality of playback in your speakers or headphones, you can adjust the equalizer for the type of music that you usually listen to. To do this, go to "Settings" → "Music" → "Equalizer". Please note that the selected profile will remain in effect until you change it.

The list of useful Apple Music features doesn't end there. We will be glad to receive your tips and advice in the comments.