Ah yeah, I thought this started in 2020 but it technically started in late 2019, and that's when they made all of the previous years' playlists available. I updated, thanks.
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Apple Music 'Replay 2022' Playlist Now Available
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It's the second statement that threw some people off. I also answered someone on here pointing out your first statement to note that you had that covered. He thought your second statement contradicted that and meant that you MUST go to the web for the list to appear in the apps.
Yah gotcha, I edited my first comment about an update I made. Hopefully clears things up.
This is cool - but me asking Siri to play "sleep sounds" almost every night on my OG HomePod skews my listening quite a bit.
I wish Apple would actually improve the user interface. I like the service over spotify for it's organizational aspects, but if they were as adamant about the UI as they are about replay or lossless, Apple Music would be the best streaming service around.
They have been doing this since 2015. It's your most played in the year you are looking at. I honestly love it.
When I started trying Apple music, I though the same thing. Music discovery an recommendations were dreadful. I don't remember where I read it, but searching for ways to tweak or help set recommendations, I read a post, which I'll paraphrase because the gist of it is all that matters.
Basically, if you've been using Spotify for well over a decade, it has well over a decade of listening history, thumbs up/down, skipped tracks and so forth to pick from. Using Apple music (or any new service) for an hour only has an hour of history. They're not the same. Give the new service a month or so of exclusive intensive listening, take the time to choose specific albums and genres and be sure click the like/dislike buttons. Then after a month or so, let it roll on random and see what happens. You still might not like it, but at least the algorithm had a fighting chance to get you know your tastes.
It's been 2 months now, and in my opinion, I'm getting better recommendations than earlier, and it's completely stopped playing the artists I constantly thumbs down.
It's also my opinion, at least for me, that Spotify's generic "my radio" is much more varied. On the other hand, Apples "song based radio" is more consistently like the original song, even 3 hours later.
This is where Apple completely missed an opportunity. Most people started with iTunes 20 years ago, curating, Liking songs along the way. Then came Music. There should be an option for Music to review your iTunes library for discovery and recommendations. Music would have had a massive head start on Spotify, even though it started later.
Putting iTunes aside, the Liking/Disliking on Music is a pain. It isn’t quick and easy to do so; not from the Lock Screen or even with the app open. Same with the Watch music app. I suspect most people listen to music on the go, so don’t have time/don’t want to fiddle around with hidden options. This goes back to my comment about the UI.
It's amusing for me to look at the older Replays, from back when I was picking up my nieces from school - watch it progress from Sesame Street, to Disney soundtracks and Sabrina Carpenter / Jojo Siwa, to Katy Perry, Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift. The progression is pretty evident in the Replays for consecutive years.
Yes - my progression includes time prior to having any kids, to lullabies, to sesame street-type music, and now disney soundtracks.
While fun to see.. I actually do wish Apple would allow me to exclude certain songs or albums. It’d be really nice to have a view of this that includes what I’d be listening to if it were just me listening.
“…on a Mac”
There are tons of people using Apple Music on iPhone, iPod, android and iPad, with no access to a Mac
Can we really deem it silly based on that redundancy alone?
I'm wondering how many other things you think Apple Music sucks at that are just you misunderstanding.
Step 1: start out the with presumption that Apple sucks. Step 2: look for things to use as supporting evidence for your predetermined viewpoint. It’s surprising how many people here operate on this algorithm.
I would guess that more people here operate that way than there are people just looking for news and updates.