Yeah, all of the AM suggestions and search are looking pretty pale compared to Spotify.
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Apple Music Gains New Algorithmic 'Discovery Station'
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I guess it'll have to be refined, but I di appreciate seeing some useful functionality being added.
I don't want to use 2 different streMing services, and I have been with apple music since 2020.
I have countless playlists and I actually use the icloud library functionality to add my tracks.
I don't want to use 2 different streMing services, and I have been with apple music since 2020.
I have countless playlists and I actually use the icloud library functionality to add my tracks.
Tested it out. Skipped first two songs, exited after the third. Is THAT what Apple thinks I oughta listen to?? Guns'Roses? Alabama? Followed by Taylor Swift.
"Stations" created from songs I start are near perfect (for about 40 minutes until it gets repetitive). This... is trash.
AppleInsider updated their own story to include the "direct link that was discovered by MacRumors." 🤣
I just played the station and the first song is one that's in my library and I've listened to probably at least 20 times.
Edit: third song is also one I've listened to a ton
I’d be interested in any optimization of their, “shuffle” or “random” functionality…
I’m surprised at the variability of responses here. I’ve been trying it out this morning, and it’s absolutely crushing it in terms of recommendations -- but I spend a decent amount of time telling Siri what songs I like and don’t like — so maybe it’s a function of how much like/dislike data you’ve provided?
Same, I'm diligent about 'loving' and disliking tracks on stations, and adding them to playlists as appropriate. My 'Made For You' playlists are good most weeks, and this new Discovery Station is almost exclusively good stuff.
I tried it out this morning on my commute. It was pretty accurate, lol. I even discovered Kirk Hammett from Metallica put a out a solo project to my delight. So I guess it's working for me. I felt like it played like 50% from my own library. The rest from Apple Music based on whatever algorithm it used to curate the music to my listening pattern.
that‘s perfect 😂 I love that the link hasn‘t been removed yet
Similar Tangent... Ask Apple Music to play an entire album (e.g. Exile on Main Street) and it starts substituting Live/Alternate versions of the songs... NO!!! I want to hear "THE ALBUM", as it was released!!So far, it seems to play some songs from My Library, as well as a few that aren't. Not sure how this is different from My Station with the red image on it yet...
Tangential: I like Apple Music, but it has a bad habit of replacing specific versions of songs I added to a playlist, with different versions of the same song. Then I have a hard time finding the version I chose originally, or (worse), it plays the explicit version of a DMX song during a family get together.
This sounds nice, but I beg to differ. I have at least as much experience with iTunes (and iTunes Match) for many years now and I've been using Apple Music for several months now, with no sense at all that it knows or cares about my taste. (and Apple ought to know everything about it with that much data on me.) All I see are playlists curated by someone promoting super mainstream stuff. I'm cautiously excited about this feature even though I can't seem to find it in the app, because it seems to be similar to Spotify's "Discovery Weekly" playlist which is so good at knowing what I like to listen to that it's often the only thing I listen to every week, for a decade or something now. (I also listen to the playlists they make for friends of mine with great taste.) I'm very eclectic in taste and don't mind hearing a few songs I can skip quickly, but I know there is constantly tons of great stuff being released in more "indy" genres and that's what I want to hear, almost NEVER the latest pop hits that roll off the garbage truck for mass consumption which is all I see in AM.
I won't even get into how horribly buggy the app is constantly. The Apple Music team needs the most help out of any at Apple, IMO. At least they just now offered me another free 3 month subscription so I'll stay to see if it improves.
This has been a common complaint about iTunes Match for years now. People will be playing their favorite album only to find tracks substituted from other productions/versions. This behavior has been unsolved for many years now, and it's sad to see it's worked it's way into Apple Music's **** logic too.
When I next subscribe, looking forward to testing this out.
Spotify has always been leagues ahead with music discovery, with Apple seemingly relying a lot more on human curation (and what often seems like payola to insert tracks into my 'For You').
Spotify has always been leagues ahead with music discovery, with Apple seemingly relying a lot more on human curation (and what often seems like payola to insert tracks into my 'For You').
I see the direct link was finally removed from the article. Glad I saved it to my desktop. 🤣
Has not appeared for me yet. Just new artwork for My Name Station.
It annoys me so much that I can’t remove the browse and radio tabs from my app. I would far rather that go to albums and playlists. I have never once gone to either of those on purpose after my first glance.This sounds nice, but I beg to differ. I have at least as much experience with iTunes (and iTunes Match) for many years now and I've been using Apple Music for several months now, with no sense at all that it knows or cares about my taste. (and Apple ought to know everything about it with that much data on me.) All I see are playlists curated by someone promoting super mainstream stuff. I'm cautiously excited about this feature even though I can't seem to find it in the app, because it seems to be similar to Spotify's "Discovery Weekly" playlist which is so good at knowing what I like to listen to that it's often the only thing I listen to every week, for a decade or something now. (I also listen to the playlists they make for friends of mine with great taste.) I'm very eclectic in taste and don't mind hearing a few songs I can skip quickly, but I know there is constantly tons of great stuff being released in more "indy" genres and that's what I want to hear, almost NEVER the latest pop hits that roll off the garbage truck for mass consumption which is all I see in AM.
Same here - checked multiple devices and every playlist section under Listen Now and Browse, no show yet.
Search doesn’t result in anything remotely the same, and as others mentioned Siri doesn’t recognize.
Devices all at latest public release.
I’ll be happy to try it once I have access.
Have either of you tried quitting and relaunching the app? Not sure if it will work, but it's worth a try. Good luck!