Apple Music now helps you to create collaborative playlists

Apple introduced at the moment that Apple Music subscribers now have entry to collaborative playlists with the launch of iOS 17.3. As its identify suggests, the brand new characteristic lets customers collaborate on playlists with family and friends. Customers can invite one another to pick out tracks for a shared playlist. The characteristic additionally helps you to use emojis to react to particular songs.

The brand new characteristic is a straightforward approach to share songs with others in a single place. Plus, it may very well be used to plan the soundtrack for issues like events or recreation nights. The launch of the brand new characteristic comes a couple of months after Spotify rolled out a collaborative playlist feature known as “Jam.”

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To get began with the characteristic, it is advisable to navigate to a playlist and click on the brand new “Collaborate” button that seems subsequent to the obtain icon on the highest proper of your display. You’ll be able to then invite individuals to the playlist. Customers who have been invited will obtain a textual content to hitch the playlist. Everybody within the playlist has the choice so as to add, delete or reorder songs.

Collaborative playlists have been initially anticipated to roll out alongside iOS 17, however Apple beforehand noted that it was delayed to 2024.

Apple additionally introduced that customers can now contribute to what’s taking part in in a automobile with SharePlay. When customers are in a automobile and streaming music by Apple Music, different trusted iPhone units will get an invitation to hitch the session. Listeners can then management the music from their very own units, even when they don’t have an Apple Music subscription.

The launch of iOS 17.3 additionally brings Apple’s new Stolen Device Protection feature, which helps stop thieves from accessing your data.

To activate Stolen Machine Safety, it is advisable to go into your settings, then faucet “Face ID & Passcode.” You then have to enter your gadget passcode faucet to show Stolen Machine Safety on. The characteristic should be turned on earlier than the gadget is misplaced or stolen with the intention to work.