Why this feature is necessary:
Simultaneous audio playback from different sources already exist, but is limited to phone calls, navigation, sound effects.
How they can implement this:
Please and thanks Apple, for the sixth year in a row. My music getting cut out is so annoying.
- Prevents bugs when using apps from pausing your currently playing audio (ex. I experienced my music stop when opening and scrolling through Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube)
- Prevents websites from pausing your currently playing audio (ex. Videos and ads that auto play or secretly plays silent noise)
- Allows you to freely skim through other videos without pausing your currently playing audio (ex. I am watching a YouTube video on Safari, while I am watching, I want to find this other video, uncertain if it is the right video, I open it in another tab and skim through it to see if it has the part I was looking for, I don’t need my other YouTube video to be interrupted here while multitasking)
- Allows you to view videos from your photo library without pausing your currently playing audio (ex. I wanna view a video of my dog while listening to music, especially when the video has no audible noises, or I had no intention in hearing the video’s audio)
- Allows you to view your HomeKit cameras without pausing your currently playing audio (ex. You just need to visually see where your dog went, it is not necessary to stop my music)
- Allows you to just view any video without worrying that your music will just stop
- Allows you to edit a video while audio is playing (ex. Editing on LumaFusion while watching a YouTube video in PiP or listening to music)
- Allows you to play multiple audio sources simultaneously (ex. Commentaries and reactions audio files that need syncing to movies files via two separate apps; comparing two videos in Files app; skimming through videos in Files for review while listening to music)
Simultaneous audio playback from different sources already exist, but is limited to phone calls, navigation, sound effects.
How they can implement this:
- Similar to macOS where all the audio sources currently playing or paused is in the menu bar, which is essentially similar to Control Center on iOS
- In Control Center on iOS, it shows the current audio source, when you long press on it, it should appear like macOS where we see a vertical list of all audio sources
Please and thanks Apple, for the sixth year in a row. My music getting cut out is so annoying.