Maybe you just bought your first Apple TV or perhaps you’ve only used it for shows and games. The Music app on Apple TV works very much like it does on your other devices. you’re able to discover something new, manage your library, and search for a particular song, album, or artist.
Don’t take the Apple Music app onyour Apple TVfor granted. Use it for background music as you work or pump up the volume for a get-together with this guide to using Music on Apple TV.
Your Music on Apple TV guide
This guide is divided by the sections you see in the Music app on Apple TV. So, browse them all or use this table of contents to jump to a certain spot.
Listen Now
Once called For You, Listen Now gives you Top Picks, music you’ve recently played, new releases, and more, all tailored to you. Use the touchpad on your remote to scroll down through each section and click to play something.
Here, you may Browse featured videos or albums, view Apple’s picks, check out new music, listen by mood, see what’s hot or what’s been updated, and much more.
Take a scroll through the Videos section if you enjoy music videos. you’re able to browse by featured, new, genre, essentials, and live music.
Actions for videos
While a video is playing, you can click theMenubutton on your remote to perform one of the following actions.
Radio is the section you want for radio shows. Browse the sections for radio hosts, interviews, local, international, or stations by genre.
Actions for radio shows and stations
Actions depend on the type of item you pick in Radio. For instance, you can click the Lyrics button for a radio show, but there won’t be lyrics to display like with a song. But the below actions should have you covered for what you’d want to do in the Radio section.
For all of the music you save and playlists you create, head to the Library section of Music on Apple TV. You’ll see navigation on the left side that lets you switch from Playlists to Songs to Composers. Below that, you have genres that categorize your music for you.
Certain areas in your Library navigation can be sorted, shuffled, or simply played.
You can sort playlists by type, title, recently added, or recently played. But you can sort albums, songs, and complications by artist, title, or recently added. And finally, you can sort songs within the genres by title, recently added, oldest first, or newest first.
Click a song, playlist, album, or other item to see its details. You’ll see aMoreoption that lets you do things like delete it from your library, add it to a playlist, or play it next.
Now Playing
This shows what you are currently playing. For instance, if it’s a song, you can use actions to view the lyrics and see more songs like it. Or if it’s an album, for example, you can swipe to see the other songs on it, add it to your library, or go to the artist detail page.
Actions for songs
If you’re playing a song that you’d like to add to your library or see the lyrics for, this is easy. While the song is playing, you’ll see two buttons below the artwork and two above it.
Actions for albums
You have similar actions for an album and its songs as those above. In addition, when you select an album, you’ll see the following action buttons on the detail screen as well as the screen when playing a certain song from the album.
The Search feature lets you find artists, songs, lyrics, albums, and more in the Music app. Hold the Microphone button to dictate or use the letters to spell out your search term.
You can also scroll down through sections. You’ll see everything from music genres like pop, rock, and country, to themed categories like focus, motivation, and sleep.
Wrapping it up
And there you have it! Your complete guide to usingApple Musicon your Apple TV. If you notice differences in the app on your own Apple TV then what we’ve listed here, keep in mind this guide is based on tvOS 14.
Over to you! Let us know your favorite sections, features, or actions in the Music app on Apple TV. And for more, take a look at how todisable explicit music and podcastsormanage your Apple Music queueon Apple TV.
