OK, so, I firstly apologize if this has already previously been addressed up here. I looked through the forums, and didn't see anything, so figured I'd ask, as this is something I find incredibly annoying.
Call me a bit old school, but I am one who used to really enjoy listening to actual physical CD's. Don't get me wrong, I love the digital age of things, and totally embrace it with completely open arms, but here's my question.
I'm really used to the music stopping automatically at the end of an album or playlist.
I absolutely do subscribe to the Apple Music service, (wouldn't be without it for one minute,) but have found that if I go to the search area, then find an album through that means to listen to, and really it doesn't even have to be through search, it could be anywhere as long as I find an album or playlist to play. Anyway, if I then start listening, as soon as the album finishes, my phone keeps playing music by other artists that it things are similar. Sometimes this could be kind of cool, but 95 percent of the time, this is extremely annoying! I want to know when an album is finished without having to pick up my phone, and look at the now playing screen to see if I'm still listening to the same content I initially elected to play.
Great example: I was earlier listening to an album by Vince Gill. I'm sort of familiar with his stuff, but not enough to know when that album ended. So it went on playing other random stuff by him after finishing the album. I hadf no way though of knowing the album was over, and now, it's just playing similar songs that just so happen to also be by him in this case.
What I'm looking for ultimately is the last song of the album or playlist to end, then things just totally stop and go silent. If I then want to play something else, so be it. If I don't though, then for God sake, don't!
I get why Apple implimented this feature, but at times it really can ruin my mojo when I'm wanting to just individually listen to just one album at a time.
I have a paid Youtube Music subscription which I know has this ability to shut that off, but quite frankly, I'd much rather stay in the Apple ecosystem on my iOS device if I can at all help it. So please know that this question is directly and specifically in regards to the native Apple's Music iOS app, not to something like Spotify, YOutube, etc. Please just keep that in mind when you respond.
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Never mind, I figured it out.
Guys, I'm so sorry! After I did a bit more poking around the Music app, I figured it out. I didn't realize that on the now playing screen, in the bottom right corner there's an icon to get to your queue of upcoming tracks, or turn on repeat/shuffle, etc. I noticed the icon was labeled as auto-play on. So, I figured, Hmm! I went in there, and sure enough. I was there able to turn that dad gum thing off. Again, don't get me wrong here. I'm not meaning to imply this isn't a nice feature, but for someone like me who's so used to just manually doing things, having that off feels much more like what I'm used to.
Now my question is, since that's off, will it now stay off if I browse to play something else? I guess only time will tell. Also, I wonder if that setting now will carry over to my smart speakers like my Sonos, etc. Again, I guess only time will tell.
I turned that off because I…
I turned that off because I like flipping through playlists and albums and don't always want a continuous mix of music to be playing.
Bring up the now playing screen in the music app and tap "playing next" in the bottom right corner. This will bring up a screen with additional controls and a cue of songs to play next that you can adjust. At the top of the screen are shuffle and repeat buttons. To the right of the shuffle button is an autoplay button, which is what you want to turn off.
If you want to go back to the regular now playing screen you need to tap the "playing next" button again (when you find it, VoiceOver will tell you that it's selected).
The online iPhone user guide does a really good job explaining how to use apps, in this case the music app, and has really well-described pictures of what's on the screen.
Auto-Play off
Hi! This feature of continuing music when an album or playlist finishes can definitely be turned off in Apple Music: I also prefer silence after listening to either of those, so I did this ages ago. While playing any song in Apple Music, double-tap its title in the mini player near the bottom of the screen. In the Now Playing screen which opens at this point, there are toggle buttons for Shuffle, Repeat and Auto-Play: when Auto-Play is switched off, no extra tracks will be played after the end of albums and playlists. I hope this helps!
Auto-Play stays off
Ever since I switched off Auto-Play, music has stopped at the end of albums and playlists as it should: that won't change unless I decide to switch Auto-Play on, something I have no plans to do.
Awesome, and thank you.
Great. I figured it would, but just wanted to check to make sure that nothing sneaky would crop up later. I guess then, if I do! want to hear similar songs I may have never heard and want to discover, that's where I'd just temporarily turn that toggle back on? Or actually, even with that off, is there a way I can get Siri to override the fact I've got that disabled, and still play me similar songs? I'd suspect that probably the easiest thing to do if I decide I want to do that would just be turning it back on.
In response to Brian
That was very helpful, but what do I care about pictures in the guide? LOL! I don't mean that at all to sound rude, but if I can't see them... I guess they'd be nice if I needed someone sighted to help me, but for me directly, meh, not suhmuch.
pictures have alternative text
hi,
the pictures in the guide have alternative text. that is VoiceOver describes what’s in them.