Turn off animated cover art in the Apple Music app on iPhone, iPad, and Android phone to avoid motion sickness or save data and battery.
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This tweak puts a song counter at the top of each Spotify playlist
Spotify has long been one of my favorite media streaming apps – perhaps even more so than Apple’s native Apple Music platform. But one thing that has always managed to grind my gears is how the playlist interface doesn’t even so much as display the number of songs you’ve added to it.
Fortunately, a solution for this problem now exists in the form of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak subbed SpotifyPlaylistNumberOfSongs by iOS developer Aleksilassila.
iOS and iPadOS 14 bring animated artwork for Apple Music playlists in Listen Now tab
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.
How to hide songs on Spotify you don’t want to hear (and unhide them if you change your mind)
You can hide Spotify songs within an album or playlist that you don't want to hear. When listening to your music, Spotify will automatically skip any hidden tracks. Temporarily hiding a song is much better than removing it completely. Follow along with us to learn how to hide Spotify songs and unhide them if you change your mind.
How to find Focus playlists on Apple Music and Spotify
Many people enjoy listening to music while they work. And whether you do it with earbuds or a speaker, music can help set the mood. For concentration and focus, Apple Music and Spotify have assembled several playlists to help. Here’s how to access them in the app.
You can now add the auto-refreshing Replay 2020 playlist to your Apple Music library
Last November, Apple Music launched special Replay playlists built around users' personal favorites, with playlists designated for each year of membership. Today, the company launched the Replay 2020 playlist that will be updated on a weekly basis until the year is over.
How to add, remove, and manage music on your Apple Watch
Learn how to add songs to your Apple Watch from your iPhone, manage the synced music, and see how much space it's taking on your wearable.
How to create and manage a playlist in the Apple TV app on Mac
You can improve your movie and TV show viewing experience by using playlists in the Apple TV app. Here’s how to create and manage a playlist in the TV app on Mac and take binge-watching to the next level.
This tweak prevents you from adding duplicate tracks to Music playlists
If you take advantage of Apple’s native Music app to enjoy songs from your favorite artists, then you probably already know just how easy it is to add the same song to a playlist more than once.
Although Apple hasn’t integrated any safeguards against duplicate songs in your playlists, iOS developer Frozen Penguin is here with a solution in the form of a new and free jailbreak tweak called Dejavu2.
This tweak enables true randomized playback shuffling in Spotify
I still prefer using Spotify over Apple Music, but that’s not to say that the former couldn’t do with some improvements. One of the most notable gripes about Spotify is that the random shuffle isn’t as random as some folks would prefer.
Here to a rescue is a new free jailbreak tweak called TrueShuffle by iOS developer Yung Specht, which, as the name implies, brings true song randomization to the Spotify app on jailbroken devices.
How to share Spotify playlists from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
If there’s one thing that’s better than enjoying the music you love, it’s sharing it with others. And if you use Spotify, sharing your playlists is easy. You can quickly share them in a variety of ways from your devices. So, if you’re ready to brighten someone’s day with some cool new tunes, here’s how to share Spotify playlists on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Apple Music is rolling out a redesigned Browse tab with enhanced content discovery
Apple Music's Browse tab in the Music app on iOS and desktop iTunes has been redesigned lately around a much better playlist showcase and improved organization.