How to Use iOS 18.4's New Ambient Music Feature in Control Center

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

I dont think Ive ever had the Music app crash on iOS, iPadOS, or even MacOS.

If the issue isn't client side it will depend where the end user is located. They will use CDN's located close to the user to reduce latency.

I'm in the UK and it's been bad for the last few months on iOS in terms of kicking you out of the app.

 

[dominiongamma]

Wish we can uninstall this and Apple Intelligence off our iOS devices for good and save space.

 

[CPx]

This is nice but Apple Music needs a Sleep Timer like the Podcasts app. Can't really use any of the sleep or meditation playlists on Apple Music because otherwise they play all night.

Also can't use the Timer app as a workaround because then you have to change the timer sound every time you need to set an actual timer.

Yes! This has always been so stupid. Let's get a sleep timer within the music app please! (And also for this new feature.)

 

[JayMysterio]

So it is also coming to iPadOS? I missed that if it’s in the fine article, and lately it seems we can’t assume feature parity with iOS.

I have the beta on my 2024 iPP, and it's already there. Been using the Chill playlist all afternoon. Even shows up on your lock screen.

 

[Andreas from Zurich]

So it is also coming to iPadOS? I missed that if it’s in the fine article, and lately it seems we can’t assume feature parity with iOS.

Yes. I‘m running it on my iPad now. But can‘t see an option to set a timer.

 

[svish]

Interesting. Will try it out once I update my iPhone after a couple of weeks after it is made available.

 

[J InTech82]

yes, you can set a timer.

As someone else pointed out, I see no option to set a timer. Please inform us how?

 

[Godspeed8230]

As someone else pointed out, I see no option to set a timer. Please inform us how?

You need to use the Timer app in the clock app and instead of a sound you can select „stop playing“ „when the timer ends“.

It’s rather convoluted and not at all intuitive.

 

[Fraserpatty]

Nice. A great addition to my iPad Pro being a one stop device for many of my needs.

Thanks. I was just going to ask if this was going to be available for my M2 IPP.

 

[Fraserpatty]

No, it doesn’t even need the Apple Music app installed. Seems to be its own thing.

Can Siri turn it on?

 

[Fraserpatty]

Can Siri turn it on?

I was wondering if Siri could control it because sometimes I don’t have the iPad right next to me in bed and I may want to just turn it off with my voice. If they haven’t made it so that Siri can control it shame on them

 

[JayMysterio]

You need to use the Timer app in the clock app and instead of a sound you can select „stop playing“ „when the timer ends“.

It’s rather convoluted and not at all intuitive.

I had not realized that. Thanks. I just put the timer app next to the Chill playlist for ease of use.

 

[Grayburn]

Will this crash as often as the Music app?

Never ever had this happen.

 

[jennyp]

I dont think Ive ever had the Music app crash on iOS, iPadOS, or even MacOS.

Nor I.

 

[Sophytaylor6@]

This is nice. We can finally quickly put on a soundtrack as per our requirement. This will add more relaxation in day to day life.

 

[Gobeatty]

I have used playlists in Apple Music like this, but this is very nice. Putting it on the control center and having it available to everyone, even if you don’t have an Apple Music subscription.

 

[J InTech82]

You need to use the Timer app in the clock app and instead of a sound you can select „stop playing“ „when the timer ends“.

It’s rather convoluted and not at all intuitive.

Yeah that’s not really a solid solution 😂 There needs to be a timer in the app or a Sleep Mode or something. Hopefully that will come in future iterations!

 

[mickobizzle]

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[miq]

iOS19's new design language is hiding in plain site.

It is?
None of those screenshots look any different from any recent version of iOS….

 

[MacGreenPath]

It's annoying that there isn't an easier way to toggle which playlist you want to play for each category. The only way to easily select different playlists in each category that I can figure out is to add a separate control to Control Center for each playlist. I know the controls could be smaller, but I decided to make them medium.

Speaking of the Control Center, I wish you could swipe down from the first screen to get to the last screen (and vice versa) instead of only being able to flip through screens back and forth (instead of in a loop).

 

[katbel]

You need to use the Timer app in the clock app and instead of a sound you can select „stop playing“ „when the timer ends“.

It’s rather convoluted and not at all intuitive.

Thanks a lot!🥰 I was looking to find a way to stop it after a while and you came out with the solution🏆
Perfect! And you can mix it with one of the Background sounds of your choice,
set to play "when Media is playing "
It's available in Control center under the icon of the " Ear", below Speaker,
Settings are found all the way down: Background Sound Settings.
No Apple Music subscription required, because someone will ask 😉

 

[darngooddesign]

Speaking of the Control Center, I wish you could swipe down from the first screen to get to the last screen (and vice versa) instead of only being able to flip through screens back and forth (instead of in a loop).

You can. Try swiping all the way to the bottom of the screen.

 

[nburwell]

Been using the “sleep” function the past two nights to fall asleep. Has been pretty working pretty well.

 

[katbel]

Been using the “sleep” function the past two nights to fall asleep. Has been pretty working pretty well.

The only problem is that you need to have wifi on. It doesn't work when is off.