iOS 26: Eight New Features in Apple Music

[cgs1xx]

Still, no improvements to audio quality, no equalizer, dolby atmos is still a mess…

 

[Astrohunter]

Of course you have to pay subscription for something so simple as AutoMix.

Apple Intelligence xd

 

[akbarali.ch]

Somehow i feel, Music app was best in ios 6, with cover flow and simpler design, i didn;t needed anything else besides that. there was not need for any changes expect modernising the UI visually a bit, not overhauling and making it crap.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I’d also like to see a parametric 9-band (or more) EQ. It’s amazing how much better music can be when EQ’d to your hearing (since everyone hears slightly differently). Made a major difference in my car when a 9-band EQ was added, even better when a auto-EQ function was used.

Unfortunately, Apple wants that to be hidden, we’ll do it for you or, at best, you get basic and simplistic controls. I’m actually surprised that they haven’t gotten rid of the iPods EQ over the years.

 

[bigpoppa]

AutoMix is much worse then crossfade.
Beatmatching doesn’t work for 95 % of the transitions, even if all tracks of the playlist are exactly the same speed (150 BPM) it‘s offbeat most of the time.
The basic buildup of the tracks is the same too, I don’t know how one could screw this up like that.

Back in the days, WinAMP and Media Player did a better job …

Actually they should have acquired the old Pyro app from Serato that does a great job of beat matching most of the time!

 

[jblucher]

I'm happy for the investment in the Music app and I like the new features, but I'd really like a way to clear the "Continue Playing" portion of the queue and to be able to rearrange songs between the regular and new (in iOS18) "Continue Playing". Actually, I'd love a way to just turn that off and have a single queue that I can manage.

 

[wanha]

No Handoff?

this is the one handoff feature I have been waiting for since day 1 and looks like the wait it continues

 

[SupremeAntBee]

Meanwhile I just migrated from an older OS to Sonoma and Apple "Music" just completely reset dozens of my playlists to default view of a just a few columns per playlist. Now I have to go in and add all the columns I need to reference for dozens of playlists and then resize each one. Bad form.

I still would like to know what the hell was wrong with keeping “iTunes” as the name for Apple’s music app!
Changing to “Music,” and then having its streaming service as “Apple Music, was as confusing as all get out, for a lot of people,

 

[cgs1xx]

I still would like to know what the hell was wrong with keeping “iTunes” as the name for Apple’s music app!
Changing to “Music,” and then having its streaming service as “Apple Music, was as confusing as all get out, for a lot of people,

Exactly, iTunes store/iTunes Library and Apple Music should be completely seperate apps. I said it on day 1, it just didn't make sense that they were one.

 

[knappeduivel]

If you sync your music with your phone, instead of streaming it, Harken Offline Music player is great alternative on iPhone and iPad.

I am very interested, why is Harken superior for playing local files?

 

[knappeduivel]

Still, no improvements to audio quality, no equalizer, dolby atmos is still a mess…

Uh? Audio quality is great in Apple music. No need for equalizers or dolby atmos.

 

[Boeingfan]

HAHA Crossfade is nothing more than a transition from one track to the next without a break. It's a simple method to avoid gaps in music. When you're out gardening or cooking or planning to blow something up, it's always good to have endless music to sing along to 😄

Which part do you disagree with @knappeduivel ?

 

[adrianlondon]

I've had crossfade set to 1 second for years.

I tried automix, but with some of my playlists containing a huge variation in music styles (and hence bpm) it really made a mess of it - speeding one track up stupidly fast, or slowing one right down. Sure, there's not much else it can do, but it's not for me. Maybe it works better when playing whole albums, but I rarely do that.

Also, it seemed to cut off the first and last 15 seconds from each track. Some of my tracks are only 3 minutes long, so I don't end up with much left!