With the Music app for iPhone and iPad, you can locally download music, listen to tracks from your Mac via iCloud Music Library, use the Apple Music service, and much more. Here is how to manage your Apple Music subscription on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
The Music interface has a single main screen on the iPhone and the tabs are along the bottom of the screen through which you can switch between its various features. This can vary slightly depending on whether you’ve subscribed to Apple Music or not. Even if you are not a subscriber, you can access to the Library and Search tabs, but not the For You, Browse, and Radio tabs. Many of the tabs have sub-menus, which can very quickly get you mired in the Music app’s interface. To get back to the top-level menu, if you are lost, you can tap any of the tabs; otherwise, you can go up a single level by tapping on the back button in the upper left corner of the screen.
Library has your personal music collection with all the songs, albums, and playlists. Depending on how you listen to music, this can contain:
By default, the Library tab displays five sections: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, and Recently Added.To edit this, you can tap the Edit button in the upper right corner of the screen and add the Videos, Genres, Compilations, and Composers categories. The Playlists has every playlist you’ve created on your iPhone, synced with iTunes or iCloud Music Library, and saved from Apple Music. These playlists can be sorted by Type, Title, Recently Added, or Recently Played.
Artists, Albums, and Songs have various popular sort types of music in your collection. These are alphabetically sorted by default, though you can re-sort Albums or Songs by Title, Artist, or Recently Added. Videos, Genres, Compilations, and Composers are also sorted alphabetically.
Downloaded Music appears below the other categories after you’ve downloaded any music locally to your iPhone or iPad. It contains all your downloaded music and looks identical to the Library screen, with all the tabs, with the exception that every tab has been locally downloaded to your device.
Recently Added displays the songs and albums you’ve recently listened to in a 2-up art grid below the various music categories. It will have up to 30 of your recently played tracks on your iPhone.
This section contains customized suggestions, playlists, and songs based on your music taste. Only available to Apple Music subscribers, and has division up into several horizontally-scrolling sections, with the Connect social feed at the bottom of the screen. You will find two weekly-updated playlists: My Favorites Mix (updated Wednesdays) and My New Music Mix (updated Fridays) in My Mix at the top of the For You section. “My Favorites Mix” has songs from your own music library, with songs you love or haven’t listened to in a while. Whereas, “My New Music Mix” has a playlist for you based on your recent listening habits and introduces you to some new songs.
Recently Played has your twelve most recently played playlists and albums from Apple Music and you can view up to 40 by tapping See All. Daily Playlists will recommend you six playlists from the Apple Music catalogue every day according to your listening habits.
Whereas, the Daily Albums recommends 20 albums from the Apple Music catalogue every day based on your listening habits. It has groups of four screens based on recommendations like “Since you listen to Belle and Sebastian.” Also, Artist Spotlight Playlists recommends six playlists based on your artist tastes, each playlist is centred around a specific artist’s music. New Releases has twelve recently-released albums on Apple Music according to your taste.
With Browse you can view the entire subscription service’s catalogue. The organized six sections include:
The Radio tab in the Apple Music’s Beats 1 has an always-on radio station and various algorithmically-generated stations. The subscribed users can use ‘For You’ and ‘Browse. You will get four sections in Radio: the Carousel, Beats 1 Shows, Radio Stations, and Recently Played.
You can easily find a specific song or playlist with the Search screen in Apple Music. It offers a giant search bar and has recent past searches listed below. Moreover, it also has currently trending searches on the Apple Music platform. When you tap the Search bar, you’ll have the option to search either within your library or (if subscribed) the Apple Music service.
When you tap a song from either your library or the Apple Music catalogue, it begins to play, and displays in a Mini Player that rests above the tabbed interface. You will find the title of the song and album art along the left side, with buttons for Play/Pause and Forward along the right side of the player in this Mini Player.
When you tap the player, it expands into the full player interface. By using 3D Touch on the player you can access options for downloading the song, deleting it from your library, adding it to a playlist, creating an automated station based on the song, sharing it, getting the song’s lyrics, rating the song, or Loving/Disliking it.
You can do these things once the Mini Player has been expanded:
The easiest way to play a song is by tapping on it. You can also select an album, or search for a song to play. Once you tap on a song, it begins playing. To play a song or otherwise interact with it, you can get to it from any of the Music app’s tabs.
To access your playlist, follow these steps:
You can also create a new playlist by:
With Up Next, you can add music to the ongoing playlist without stopping what’s already playing.
The Apple Music interface might seem difficult but is quite easy to use the Music app. You can search for songs and access trending latest songs with just a tap. Moreover, if you don’t like a song you can remove it from your playlist or create a new playlist with just a few taps. With an Apple Music subscription, you can access features like specially curated playlists for you, which will have your favourite songs as well as new songs which will match your taste. Even if you are not a subscriber, you can still play music without any problem and browse through songs and playlists.
Which is your current favourite playlist? Tell us in the comments section below.
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