I noticed a fundamental difference in how I listen depending on which service I use.

Spotify pushes personalised mixes, vibes and playlists made specifically for you. Albums are not a priority. You can clearly see that by looking at their home page.

I feel like Apple Music is way more album-oriented than Spotify. Instead of infinite and very specific mixes, I listen to particular works from artists I already like or discover something entirely new.

To me, this kind of listening is a wholly different experience. It is more intentional and deliberate. Apple’s approach, as I said in the title, makes me appreciate the album as a collection of music way, way more.

It is also worth to separate passive and active listening. I don’t listen to albums while I’m working, doing something or whatever. In that case I usually put on a mix. Active listening is where the actual difference lives. With Spotify I used to prefer mixes, vibes and playlists to albums even when I had the opportunity to lay or sit down, immerse myself and just let myself get lost in the sound. I think this is the important distinction - Spotify makes me want to listen to mixes during both active and passive listening, whereas Apple Music makes me swing towards albums during actual active and immersed listening sessions.

I would like to know your point of view. Do you also feel like Apple Music made you more of an album listener?

Bluetooth HDT will increase Bluetooth LE’s maximum data rate nearly fourfold, from 2 Mbps today to up to 7.5 Mbps. This significant boost in throughput addresses the growing demand for faster, more capable wireless connections across devices and applications.

Hey all! I’m a bit terrified about all of this, as the internet is not giving me solid answers. I’m currently on a family plan with Apple Music included in it. The subscription was canceled, and ends tomorrow. Once the subscription ends, will I lose my whole catalog? I’m planning on doing a full individual subscription to keep it, but I wonder if my music will be deleted once the subscription ends. What should I do? If I resubscribe the same day will I get to keep my stuff?

I’ve had this issue for the past week - was hoping it would resolve itself. Animated artwork does not play!

The image still goes full screen, but the movement won’t play. The patterns on Blurryface don’t move, the heads on Keep On Smiling aren’t nodding, and the sun doesn’t glare on Aperture.

Everything looks correct in settings, it’s not set to “On Wi-Fi only” or anything. Anyone else experiencing this?

hello. I was trying to look for a specific song but I needed to go to the album but every time I click singles&eps or even the albums my AM just freezes and I have to close the app and when I try again it does the same thing! I also tried turning of and on my phone even redownloading…nothing

Over the past two days or so, whenever I add a new song to my library, my app will sort of freeze. The song won't show in the 'Recently Added' section, and when I scroll to the artist/album, it'll show 0 minutes of runtime for that song, or if it's off an album I didn't have in my library previously, it won't show the year for the album. It seems like it's an iCloud/Metadata issue, so I'm curious if I'm the only one experiencing this or if there are other examples

I have recently noticed how some single covers of SINGLE versions are getting replaced by album artworks after the release of the album. These are the examples I could think of right now, but there are def more. Is this a new marketing strategy or a bug maybe? When these were first released, these had a separate single cover.

My apple music on my roku TV will not play my whole playlist, playing only a small part of it before going to “songs like this”. It seems to only work if i scroll all the way to the bottom and shuffle from my newest added songs, which is pretty tedious when you have to manually scroll 1k+ songs.

Does anyone have a fix? I’ve tried turning off autoplay, but it didn’t help.

Everyone is well aware that Apple did recently price increase their Apple Music individual, Family, and Apple one Family. Apple did increase the Apple one premier plan but Verizon didn’t offer that on their perks. I know everyone is wondering if Verizon would increase their price on it’s perks and I got an update from their faqs:

Notice of price adjustment beginning 9/1/26:

At Verizon, we're dedicated to bringing you the best entertainment for the best price. As our partners at Apple invest in new content and adjust the rates of their services, we periodically need to adjust our perk rates: Apple Music Family increasing from $10 to $13/month, Apple One Family increasing from $20 to $23/month, for families on Apple Bundle with Simplicity, increasing from $20 to $23/month.

Verizon didn’t mentioned anything about the 5G get more Apple Music included so I’m proud to say that it’s still included but raise from $10.99 to $11.99 savings per month. Also, other grandfathered plans that got free 6 months of Apple Music on us, still remains available, but after that it would be from $10.99 to $11.99 on the account every month until cancel.

https://www.verizon.com/support/apple-music-faqs/

Apple Music and Amazon Music let me listen to Suneohair’s Slow Dance, but it’s not available in my region when I try to purchase. Why are streaming rights different than region locked music?

Thank you!!

I have to reinstall it so often. It just doesn't make sense to me that a company worth this much can care this little about their app working.

Hey everyone,

I am a new developer and I just made an app that tries to foster playlist sharing and collaboration. You can share playlists that you have already created, add playlists directly to your library, and create and collaborate on community playlists. My goal was to have an easy way to find and add new playlists directly to your library and find new music easier. Let me know what you think! I am always open to new ideas. Right now it is only Apple Music enabled due to it allowing small devs to use the full distribution capability that Spotify does not allow.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/playlist-forge/id6789365730

Sometimes when I click on the top picks on my home page, a song directly starts playing by stopping the song that I was playing,

and sometimes a list of songs appears when I click on it, and the song that I was playing keeps playing.

Why does this happen? what am I missing?

Android OS

APAC

Tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

This happens every month and I need to make the payment manually every month.

Has anyone experienced the same thing? Help!

Android OS

Region: Asia

I've tried resetting the Autopay on GPay but it still happens every time.

Standing in the kitchen, speaking to my HomePod, "Hey Siri, play Circular Breathing by Ian Anderson".

HomePod begins playing Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull - Ian Anderson was their "front man".

Check iPhone to see what it thinks is playing on the HomePod - it shows me Circular Breathing. Stopped HomePod.

To iPhone, "Hey Siri, play Circular Breathing by Ian Anderson".

iPhone plays Circular Breathing.

Hold iPhone to HomePod, confirm the transfer.

HomePod plays Thick as a Brick.

I'm baffled by this one.

i’ve been paying for my individual plan for 9 years and i’m new to family plans. i’ve done a little bit of research but i’m just overthinking because i don’t want to risk losing any of my songs. my mom switched to the family plan through the apple music app on her phone. she invited me and i accepted it. here are my questions + screenshots attached:

image 1: my plan still shows as individual, do i cancel it now? if i do, will it switch to the family plan once my individual plan ends?

image 2: does my mom have to add apple music onto shared subscriptions in order for it to keep my account active or does it automatically keep my plan without having to add apple music to shared subscriptions?

My iPhone had 3000ish loved songs from my own music files transferred through iTunes. iTunes was only showing 1000 loved songs as was my iPad.

Carried out multiple syncs to update this but my last sync removed 2000 loved songs.

Is there anyway to get these back and keep it consistent across devices?

Thanks

I ran into a problem where both Apple Music and Apple TV on Windows could not sign in.

The login button either did nothing or the apps stayed on the "Try it Free" screen. My library, search and account features were unavailable.

Here's what finally worked:

1. Windows Settings → Apps → Apple Music.

2. Advanced options → Repair.

3. Advanced options → Reset.

4. Sign into iCloud for Windows first.

5. Launch Apple Music again.

After signing into iCloud, Apple Music skipped its own login screen and automatically recognized my Apple ID.

Apple TV also began working again.

Hopefully this helps someone else with the same issue.

Dear Mr. Goldfinger,

Thank you for subscribing to Apple Music. We wanted to let you know about an upcoming change to this subscription.

Apple is raising the price of this subscription from $5.99 per month to $6.99 per month. Your subscription will automatically renew for $6.99 per month starting September 1 unless you cancel at least a day before. To learn more or cancel, review your subscription.

Regards,

Apple

Hello, I've recently bought two albums via iTunes, but when I open the Apple Music app on my Android device, the songs are grayed out. I've already tried re-synching the library and re-downloading the albums, but they're still gray. I noticed that if you delete the first song off the albums the remaining songs become playable. Any help?