Listen to music with Apple Music Voice on iPad

With iPadOS 15.2 or later, Apple offers the Apple Music Voice Plan, a new subscription option for Apple Music designed around Siri. Using just your voice, you can access millions of songs, tens of thousands of playlists (including hundreds of new mood and activity playlists), personalized mixes, genre stations, and Apple Music Radio.

In addition to streaming music from Apple Music, you can play music you purchased from the iTunes Store and music you’ve synced to iPad. You can also stream music with AirPlay, play music using Home Sharing, and search the Apple Music library and your music library.

Note: Not all features are available in the Apple Music Voice Plan. For more information, see the Apple Support article About Apple Music Voice.

Subscribe to Apple Music Voice

You can subscribe to Apple Music Voice when you first open the Music app .

As an Apple Music Voice subscriber, you can play music on all your devices that have Siri turned on, including HomePod mini, AirPods, or any other Apple device, and when using CarPlay.

Tip: If you want to preview Apple Music Voice for a few days, say “Hey Siri, start Apple Music Voice.”

New subscribers can start a trial and cancel at any time. If you end your Apple Music Voice subscription, you can no longer stream Apple Music songs.

Play music with Apple Music Voice

To play music with Apple Music Voice, just say “Hey Siri,” then make your request:

“Play ‘enough for you’ by Olivia Rodrigo”
“Play Apple Music Country”
“Play cool jazz”
“Play the dinner party playlist”
“Play a playlist to help me relax”
“Play more like this”

To see Siri suggestions created just for you, open the Music app , tap Listen Now, then swipe through the suggestions below Just Ask Siri. Say “Hey Siri,” then speak the suggestion or tap to play it.

Play music you recently listened to

Open the Music app , tap Listen Now, then tap an item. Playlists and albums play in their original order.

Play purchased and synced music

You can play music you purchased from the iTunes Store as well as music you synced to your iPad from a computer.

Open the Music app , tap Library, tap a category such as Playlists, Artists, or Albums, then tap an item.

To play music from a Home Sharing library, tap Library, tap Home Sharing, then tap a library.

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iPad User Guide

Listen to music with Apple Music Voice on iPad

Subscribe to Apple Music Voice

Play music with Apple Music Voice

Play music you recently listened to

Play purchased and synced music