Apple Music is n’t standing still . With the launch ofiOS 14(and iPadOS 14 ) this autumn , a heap of new feature will be added to the servicing . In this article we offer a guide to the highlights .
For You becomes Listen Now
The tab in Music that ’s call ‘ For You ’ in iOS 13 variety to ‘ Listen Now ’ in iOS 14 . Apple is endeavor to enter territory where Spotify has so far rule : personal passport for music and playlists .
In this lozenge , Apple Music will pore even more on personal material , and serve euphony to become your appreciation . From here , the Replay lists are also available – which is to say , the lists that annually collect the music you have heed to the most in previous years .
Autoplay: The music never ends
Spotify fans are probably surprised that this feature of speech did n’t antecedently survive in Apple Music . Well , it ’s here now . If the play list runs out , Apple Music can now continue to play exchangeable music , so there will be no ghostly silence in the headphones or speakers .
The mapping is activated by pressing a novel icon among the playback control . The picture calculate like an infinity sign ( ∞ ) .
A new widget
iOS 14 earmark users to placewidgetsacross the sieve , even among the app icons . Apple Music takes note of this and has three raw thingumabob in dissimilar sizes that can be placed on the rest home screen , or in the Today view as before .
Unfortunately , Apple ’s appliance API does not allow thespian mastery , or any interaction whatsoever . The Apple Music widget can only exhibit previously played albums and playlists . A tap on the widget opens the app instead .
A much better iPad app
With the advent ofiPadOS 14 , the iPad starts to use its larger screen door area a little better through side menus in various apps . The same thing is reliable in Apple Music , which now has a side menu that require you to Listen Now , Search , Radio , Browse , and Libraries and Playlists .
Apple Music has also got a new fullscreen mode on the iPad that show a large album book binding and music textual matter – a karaoke modality , in other words .
More news
Better search . Apple Music has an improved search bar . Even before you start pen in the field , you may see current democratic music ; as letter and words are type , new hypnotism for birdcall , album and play list pop out to appear . A fresh hunt field is also useable under the Library tab , which make it leisurely to seek among your own music in the app .
Support for hearing aids . Apple Music also affirm unexampled features to improve music playback for people with hearing impairment .
Setlist . On their creative person Thomas Nelson Page , artists can choose to add a setlist , so anyone who wants to see exactly what Song dynasty an artist play at a concert , and in what order , will find this selective information in Apple Music .
How to try out the new features
Just like the update for Safari and CarPlay , the unexampled features in Apple Music are intimately refer to iOS 14 , which will be expel this fall . Before then you could test out theiOS 14 genus Beta .
Apple Music is also uncommitted for Android . The new features will be transmit out as an app update eventually , but probably not before the autumn .
In other news , the UK government is investigating whether streaming divine service pay artists enough .
This article in the first place come out onMacworld Sweden . Translation by David Price .
