One of the cooler enhancements in the improved Music app in the iOS and iPadOS 14 updates that wasn't mentioned before brings animated artwork for some Apple Music playlists.
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Finical lets iPhone users dismiss a lingering or unwanted Now Playing widget
iOS’ Now Playing widget manifests itself on the Lock Screen any time there’s music playing when your iPhone is locked. The Now Playing widget can be useful at times, but as a number of users have pointed out over the years, it has a tendency to linger even after you’ve stopped listening to music.
While most would write this off as some sort of quirk and go about their busy lives, some tend to be a bit more disturbed by this apparent flaw. Fortunately, a newly released jailbreak tweak called Finical by iOS developer FivePixels offers a simple solution: merely swipe the Now Playing widget out of the way whenever you don’t feel like looking at it.
Algoriddim transforms DJing with machine learning-powered Neural Mix in djay Pro AI
German developer Algoriddim today unveiled djay Pro AI, a major update to its DJing app for the iPhone and iPad that brings a new machine learning-powered featured, dubbed Neural Mix.
This tweak pauses your music playback if you turn your volume all the way down
When you’re trying to enjoy music and someone approaches you to say something, you might feel compelled to turn your volume all the way down so you can hear that person’s voice. The only problem is that when you do this, your music continues to play, forcing you to miss bits of your song.
If you can relate to the somewhat frustrating experience described above, then we think you’ll probably have a deep appreciation for the likes of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called MusicBeQuiet by iOS developer lia, as it can keep you from missing your tunes after turning your volume all the way down.
10 useful tips for all Apple Music users
From creating stations and custom playlists to organizing your favorite music systematically and saving power while on the go, here are the top ten Apple Music tips you should know about.
Concertino for iPhone makes Apple Music and classical music work together, at last
Apple Music was not created for classical music due to its focus on tracks versus multi-movement works which are based on multiple composers, works, performers and so forth.
Apple joins the music industry’s Black Out Tuesday awareness campaign
Apple Music has joined the music industry's Black Out Tuesday awarenesses campaign which was created to support Black Lives Matter, a global human rights movement that originated in the African-American community after George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis police.
Replay adds repeat and shuffle buttons to iOS’ Now Playing widget
Given just how invested Apple seems to be in the music industry today, it continues to baffle me to this very day that the company’s own Now Playing widget for the iPhone and iPad lacks two seemingly imperative media controls that I would otherwise use all the bleeping time: Repeat and Shuffle.
If you agree with me here, then I think you’re going to love a new free jailbreak tweak release dubbed Replay by iOS developer Simalary, because it effectively brings the two aforementioned controls to iOS’ Now Playing widget in every instance where it would normally appear.
SongShare generates multi-platform links for music sharing
Music enriches our lives, both in terms of entertainment and as an emotional and spiritual release. With that in mind, it may come as no surprise that people often share songs with others. But this can become somewhat challenging when you learn that your friends are using entirely different music streaming platforms than you are.
It may seem like a trifling matter, but it really can be rather annoying when I trying to share a Spotify song link with a friend who uses Apple Music or another platform. Obviously, they won’t be able to use my link since they’re subscribed to a different service, and that’s where a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed SongShare by iOS developer Jeff Rescignano comes into play.
Playing produces a notification when a Now Playing track changes
If you're any bit into music discovery and sometimes find yourself scratching your head about new songs when they begin playing, then we have a somewhat conscious feeling that you’re going to enjoy learning about the likes of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Playing by iOS developer HyperDev.
Playing aims to keep you in the loop about Now Playing music as one song ends and another begins by displaying a notification banner with informative details about the new track. By default, the tweak shows you the song’s name and artist, but that can be modified with custom text if it isn’t enough to tickle your fancy.
Spotify’s web player is working in Safari again
Spotify today brought back support for Apple's Safari browser to its web-based player.
40 keyboard shortcuts for the Music app on Mac
Explore this list of handy keyboard shortcuts for the Apple Music app on your Mac so you can move & groove quicker and easier than ever!