Music

How to search songs by lyrics on Apple Music

Searching by lyrics in Apple Music on iPhone

The Apple Music app has a built-in lyrics search feature. With it, you can find songs even if you don’t know the track’s name, who the artist is, or other such details.

All you need to do is remember a small part of the song’s lyrics, and the Music app will find tracks on Apple Music or in your library that match the typed lyrics.

This tweak automatically pauses music playback when muting your device

iOS has one of the best music listening experiences you can get on a mobile platform, but one of the biggest pet peeves I have with it is how the operating system continues to play my song even after I mute my handset's volume.

Fortunately, a new jailbreak tweak called AutoPause11 by iOS developer Pa1n fixes this problem on Apple’s latest iOS versions, and it’s available as a free download from Cydia as of this writing.

Sonarworks True-Fi app improves the music on your Mac or PC

SonarWorks True-Fi

I’m not an audiophile and will never claim to be. Nonetheless, I know the difference between good audio and great audio. For the past few months, I’ve been testing SonarWorks’ True-Fi software for Mac. Priced at $79, the software alters the signal your headphones receive so that what you hear is closer to what the creator had intended. 

You can now add music to your Instagram Stories

 

Instagram on Thursday introduced a new feature that will allow users to easily add music to their Instagram Stories. Facebook has licensing deals in place with major record labels, so we're talking tracks from popular artists like Bruno Mars, Demi Lovato and Post Malone.

Straw displays a banner notification with every song change

If the iPhone or iPad that you use to listen to your favorite media happens to be jailbroken on iOS 11, then you may want to check out a new free jailbreak tweak called Straw by iOS developer Jake Kaslewicz.

This tweak acts as your own personal song announcer by presenting a banner at the top of your display every time a new track starts playing.

Tractor brings much-needed improvements to the Music widget

If you feel like iOS' stock Music widget leaves a lot to be desired, then you aren’t alone. In fact, iOS developer LaughingQuoll recently released a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed Tractor with the intention of improving Apple’s sad excuse for a Music widget.

In the before and after screenshots above, you can see how Tractor revitalizes the Music widget’s usefulness. Rather than displaying a list of available music inside the widget, Tractor implements the traditional music controls that you’d expect to see there.

List of AirPlay 2 Siri voice commands for controlling multiple speakers

HomePod

AirPlay 2 brings the ability to control audio across multiple speakers from your HomePod, iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. You can use voice commands to do things like play music in a particular room, play different songs on different speakers, enjoy a playlist on all or just specific speakers, continue playing a track on another speaker and more. Here's our list of the best AirPlay 2 Siri voice commands that are specific to multi-room audio support.