Apple Music was recently updated on iPhones with iOS 17.1 to get a new set of features such as Playlist covers and some of those are now making their way to the Android version of the app. Aside from that, Apple Music on Android is also getting new widgets, SharePlay in Car and more.
If you use Apple Music on Android, an update has been seeded via the Play Store that brings Playlist covers so you can set one of the pre-designed ones as your choice of cover for your Playlist. Then there’s added support for SharePlay in Car so anyone in a particular vehicle can control what music is being played. This feature was introduced in iOS 17 and was unveiled back in June of this year.
Apart from that, the Android version of the Apple Music App now has new widgets, which now increases the total number of widgets from 2 to 4. The widgets can be used check what’s playing currently, top charts, recently played, as well as recommendations.
Lastly, there’s more to favourite in the app now. This means you can now favourite songs, playlists and albums using the new ‘Star’ icon. Once you favourite them, they’ll then appear in your library for easy access. So these were all the features that have been made available in the latest update for the Apple Music app on Android.
In other news related to Apple, it is being said Apple is working on an in-house battery development project with the goal of equipping its products of 2025 and those launched afterwards, with this cell. The all-new battery is expected to give significant boosts in performance. The report states that Apple is directly participating in the development of materials that make up batteries, such as cathode and cathode materials.