One of the reasons we’re excited about WWDC is a preview of what’s coming up at Apple Music. With iOS 16, unfortunately, Apple has not announced many new features of its music streaming service – different from all other years. However, there are still a few features and settings that users will enjoy when using Apple Music with iOS 16.
Let’s start with a feature we looked at earlier in the week. Apple Music on iOS 16 allows users to sort playlists. Traditionally, all playlists in the Music app are sorted in the order in which the songs are added to the playlist: the first songs added at the top and the songs added last at the bottom.
With this new feature with Apple Music on iOS 16, you can sort your playlist by title, artist, album, and more. In addition, when you open a singer / band profile, there’s a new Favorites switch that lets you “track the artists you’re most interested in with new music notifications and improved recommendations.”
Apple Music on iOS 16 also introduces:
- Volume HUD has an Apple Music app setup. It looks like the bar that shows the length of the song;
- When you look for albums, playlists, singles, etc., you will notice that the covers are more rounded;
- The Apple Music widget on the iOS 16 lock screen is now different. It also shows the devices you are listening to (HomePod, AirPods, Beats headphones and even wired headphones);
- When you use SharePlay via messaging, it now syncs activities such as movies, music, workouts, games, and more with friends while chatting in Messages;
- You can drag and drop songs to add next to the queue (thanks, Hidde);
- You can move music from one HomePod to another without AirPlaying to another HomePod (thanks, George).
Last but not least, Apple Music users will benefit greatly from a new feature called Personalized Spatial Audio. Available for AirPods 3, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max users on iOS 16, this feature uses your iPhone’s TrueDepth sensor to make a 3D map of your face and ears while using an AirPods device.
Custom surround sound significantly improves the sound quality of Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio and is well worth a try once it becomes available to all users later this fall.
These are the features that 9to5Mac has managed to find in Apple Music with iOS 16 so far. Did you find anything different? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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