Apple Music

Give your iPhone’s Now Playing interface an eye-popping makeover with ChromaFlow

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 4, 2021

Apple is regarded as one of the most influential players in the music industry — not only because of what iTunes once was, but also because of the creation of Apple Music and its seamless integration with the company’s expansive mobile device and desktop computer offerings.

Given just how much Apple seems to have invested in the music industry, it’s somewhat curious as to why the Now Playing interface on iPhones and iPads hasn’t changed much over the years. In fact, many are now calling on Apple to offer some sort of redesign after a seemingly stagnant UI that changes so little over time.

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Apple Music almost has me sold on Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

Evan Selleck ∙ June 12, 2021

I can still remember what it was like hauling around a portable CD player with me everywhere I went back in my high school days. That was before MP3s really took off. Forking over money for some worthwhile headphones was worth it back then, maybe even more so than it is today for most use cases. But that digital takeover was inevitable, and, eventually, I was hauling around all sorts of different MP3 players instead of that CD player.

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tvOS 15: New playback UI, AirPods switching, Face ID sign-on and other new Apple TV features

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 17, 2024
A lifestyle image showing a home featuring a young woman sitting on the couch, smiling and watching Apple TV and holding Siri Remote in her right hand

With tvOS seemingly an afterthought at WWDC21, you'd be right to wonder whether Apple might have forgotten about the Apple TV. Don't worry, it hasn't. While the keynote barely mentioned any tvOS 15 specifics, our team has been able to discover more than a dozen user-facing features and improvements coming to your Apple media streamer this fall with tvOS 15!

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Apple Music Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is coming soon to Android

Evan Selleck ∙ June 8, 2021

Before Apple got around to officially announcing Dolby Atmos support in Apple Music, along with Lossless Audio, it was the Apple Music Android app that hinted at its impending arrival. But then the rumor mill suggested that app wouldn't get support for the new feature. Now, here we are and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is out there in the wild, and Android support is indeed in the works.

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