watchOS 4.1 was publicly released yesterday and brought a pair of new music-related features.
Apple updates Series 3 battery claims for Apple Music streaming over LTE
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MicroPlayer is a snazzy new mini-player tweak for jailbroken devices
If one thing’s for sure, it’s that little music player interfaces are popular projects for jailbreak community developers. Continuing the long bloodline of these kinds of releases is a new jailbreak tweak called MicroPlayer by iOS developer IndieDevKB.
As the name implies, MicroPlayer is essentially a tiny music player interface that you can use to control your music whenever it’s playing.
Billboard will give Apple Music and paid streaming services more weight in charts
Billboard has announced a change in the weight it will give to various types of streaming music services in its calculations for its charts. Consequently, Apple Music and other paid streaming music services will soon be receiving a boost in how their listening numbers are used to determine the music charts
Apple opening Mac Labs in India to teach students how to create music using Logic Pro X
Apple announced today that it is opening two Mac Labs at the KM Music Conservatory's campuses in the Indian cities of Chennai and Mumbai.
Chester Bennington’s episode of Carpool Karaoke to air next week
Popular rock band Linkin Park announced on Thursday, via Facebook, that a Carpool Karaoke episode starring the late Chester Bennington will air next week. Bennington filmed the show with fellow bandmates Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda back in July, shortly before his passing.
Apple Music launches Facebook Messenger extension
Facebook's Messenger service has gained a new Apple Music chat extension for recommendations, song sharing and more. You don't need to be an Apple Music subscriber to listen to and share 30-second clips from any track you discover within the Messenger app.
Review: Meet Marshall Stockwell, my favorite portable speaker
Marshall, a company known for its outstanding history in vintage guitar amps, entered the consumer market a few years ago with a series of speakers and headphones. The Stockwell, the smallest in their lineup, has stood out as probably my favorite portable Bluetooth speaker to hit the market in several years.
Apple Music passes 30 million subscribers
Apple Music's reached “well over” 30 million subscribers, Apple executive and former Beats/Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine revealed in today's interview with Billboard.
Video: hands on with Apple Music streaming & all-new Radio app in watchOS 4.1
Apple's first developer beta of watchOS 4.1 that dropped today brings untethered music streaming to the wrist.
watchOS 4.1 brings Apple Music & Radio app to the wrist
As per the official release notes for the latest developer-only watchOS 4.1 beta that can be found on Apple's Dev Center, the forthcoming software includes new capabilities like an all-new Radio app that supports cellular streaming on Series 3 models.
Steve Reich’s Clapping Music is a challenging game to improve your rhythm
Today we feature an enjoyably challenging game that attempts to help you improve your rhythm by helping you learn and perform Steve Reich’s composition Clapping Music.
How to set Apple Watch to automatically launch audio apps
Apple Watch has a cool feature that lets it show a corresponding watchOS app on your wrist when you initiate audio playback on your iPhone. It’s called Auto-Launch Media Apps Live Activities (formerly called Auto-Launch Audio Apps), and we’ll show you how to turn it on or off.