Pretty much as the title says, just wondered if it was possible for me to stop listening to a playlist on my Mac and seamlessly pick it up on my iPhone, rather than starting the playlist again?
What I do is just AirPlay to other devices (usually the Linux PC which is connected to my audio setup) from the iPhone. Not perfect of course, but I don’t mind. This would be nice to have though, and if they do this I hope they can implement it better than Spotify’s janky Connect.
Unfortunately there isn’t, at least not with Apple Music. It seems a really obvious continuity feature to add but Apple have yet to do this. It’s a shame as I regularly switch between Mac iPad and iPhone while listening to music and having to find where I left off each time is a bit annoying.
Submit feedback to Apple, maybe they will take action eventually.
Yeah I feel you, it’s a tad frustrating. But a first world problem I guess. I just thought it was an obvious continuity feature to have as part of the Apple ecosystem.
What’s even more annoying is they’ve built this feature into Apple TV and HomePod (it can “hand off” now playing and the queue to your iPhone) but it doesn’t work from my Mac? So annoying. This is the #1 feature I miss from Spotify
Yeah I use that feature all the time; if I’ve been out running or for a walk listening on my iPhone, I’ll often hold my phone next to my HomePod in the kitchen or bedroom and seamlessly carry on playback. And it works great. I just assumed it would be equally easy to implement it from Mac to iPhone.
I have wished this for years now, the most seamless experience I’ve gotten from Apple Music is picking where to play music from my Apple Watch, but this is not the same as what you’re saying, it does not transition your currently playing song to other devices, just lets you control playback on other devices.
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