View music tweaked to your taste.
Tap to play an album or playlist. Tap an album or a playlist’s album art
to view its contents. If you find a recommendation you don’t care for, touch and
hold it, then tap I Don’t Like This Suggestion. To get more recommendations,
pull down to refresh the list.
Tell Music what you love.
Tap when viewing an album’s contents or an artist’s screen, or from
Now Playing to help improve future recommendations
Reorder a For You playlist.
Play the playlist, tap the Miniplayer to show the Now Playing screen, then tap
. Drag to rearrange the song order.
Add For You playlists.
Touch and hold the playlist, then tap . The playlist remains in your
library and updates automatically if the playlist changes. (Go to
Settings > Music, then turn on iCloud Music Library to enable this feature.)
Do more with your music.
When viewing the contents of an album or playlist tap to add
music to the Up Next queue, make the album available offline, or share music
with a friend.
Search for and add music
Find your music.
Tap , tap My Music, then enter a song, album, playlist, artist,
compilation, or genre. Results include music on iPad as well as music in your
iCloud Music Library. Tap a result to play it.
Search Apple Music.
Tap , tap Apple Music, then select a trending search or enter a song,
album, playlist, artist, curator, music video, activity, radio station, or genre. Tap a
result to play it.
Add Apple Music.
To add music, tap , where available (when viewing an album or
playlist, for example). To add a track from the Now Playing screen, tap
, then tap . To stream an added song to iPad, tap it
within My Music.
Save Apple Music.
To save music to iPad so that you can play it when you don’t have a Wi-Fi or
cellular connection, tap , then tap Make Available Offline.
To see the progress of tracks being saved to iPad, and to access options for
pausing tracks or removing them from the Downloads list, tap the Downloads
bar, which appears near the top of the screen when you save tracks.
Note: Settings > Music > iCloud Music Library must be turned on to add and
save Apple Music to your library.
Play music
Control playback.
Tap a song to play it and show the Miniplayer. Tap the Miniplayer to show the
Now Playing screen, where you can do the following:
Tap to skip to the next song.
Tap to return to the song’s beginning.
Double-tap to play the previous song in an album or playlist.
Skip to any point in a song.
Drag the playhead. Decrease the scrubbing speed by sliding your finger down
the screen.
Share music.
Tap , then choose a sharing option.
Shuffle.
Tap to play your songs in random order.
Repeat.
Tap to repeat an album or playlist. Double-tap to
repeat a single song.
More.
Tap for additional options.
See what’s up next.
Tap . Tap a song to play it and the songs that follow. Drag
to reorder the list.
Stream music to an AirPlay-enabled device.
Tap in Now Playing, then choose a device. See AirPlay.
Hide Now Playing.
Swipe down the album art or tap to hide Now Playing.
New
Music experts pick today’s best music. Tap New to browse their
recommendations.
Browse expert recommendations.
Tap New, then tap a featured album, song, artist, or playlist.
Browse your favorite genres.
Tap All Genres, choose a genre, then tap a featured album, song, artist, or
playlist to hear music handpicked by music experts.
Fit the music to the mood.
Scroll down, then tap Activity Playlists to play music that fits with what you’re
doing (or how you’re feeling).
Get expert advice.
Scroll down, then tap Apple Editors Playlists or Curator Playlists to discover
music recommended by music experts. Tap Follow to keep up with your
favorite experts.
See what’s hot.
Scroll down to Songs Chart, then tap More Top Charts to view top songs, top
albums, and other popular content.
Radio
Radio offers the always-on Beats 1, featuring top DJs playing today’s best
music. The featured stations created by experts provide a great way to explore
and enjoy new music in a variety of genres. You can also create your own
custom stations, based on your pick of artist, song, or genre.
Listen to live radio.
Tap Listen Now to tune in to Beats 1.
Note: Because Beats 1 is live radio, you can’t pause, rewind, or skip tracks.
Listen to your favorite music genre.
Tap a station or, if you already listened to a station, tap a recently played station.
Create a station.
When browsing an artist, song, or genre, tap , then tap
Connect
Even if you’re not an Apple Music member you can follow your favorite artists,
learn more about them, read their recent posts, and comment on what you find.
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Follow an artist.
Music automatically follows the artists found in your music library. To follow
other artists, search for an artist, then tap Follow on the artist’s page. To stop
following an artist, go to the artist’s page, then tap Following. Or tap ,
tap Following, then tap Unfollow next to the artist’s name.
View an artist’s content.
Tap Connect to view the content shared by artists you follow. You can also
navigate to any artist’s page to see what that artist is sharing.
Make a comment.
Tap , type in the comment field, then tap Post. Create a nickname
the first time you make a comment.
Share an artist post.
Tap , then choose a sharing option.
Playlists
Create playlists to organize your music.
Tap Playlists, then tap New. Enter a title, then tap Add Songs. Select songs and
albums to add to the playlist.
To customize your playlist’s artwork, tap , then take a photo or
choose an image from your photo library.
Share a playlist.
To share a playlist, tap next to it, tap , then choose a
sharing option.
View particular playlists.
In addition to playlists you create, Playlists includes playlists you added from
Apple Music, as well as those shared with you. To view just the playlists you
created, tap All Playlists, then tap My Playlists. You can also choose to see just
Apple Music Playlists or only the playlists saved on iPad.
Create a Genius playlist.
In My Music tap next to a song, then tap Create Genius Playlist.
Edit a playlist you created on iPad.
Select the playlist, then tap Edit.
Add more songs: Tap Add Songs.
Change the song order: Drag .
New and changed playlists are added to iCloud Music Library and appear on all
your devices if you’re an Apple Music member or iTunes Match subscriber. If
you’re not a member or subscriber, they’re copied to your music library the next
time you sync iPad with your computer.
Delete a playlist you created on iPad.
Tap next to the playlist, then tap Delete.
Delete a song: Tap , then tap Delete. Deleting a song from a playlist
doesn’t delete it from iPad.
iTunes Match
If you have an iTunes Match subscription, your iTunes Match library is
accessible in iCloud Music Library. To learn more about iTunes Match, see
support.apple.com/HT204146.
Subscribe to iTunes Match.
Go to Settings > Music > Subscribe to iTunes Match.
Turn on iTunes Match.
Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store. Sign in if you haven’t already.
My Music
My Music includes any Apple Music content you added, music and music
videos synced to iPad, iTunes purchases, and the music you make available
through iTunes Match.