See recommended music on iPad

In the Music app , Listen Now helps you play and discover your favorite albums, playlists, interviews, and personal mixes, based on your taste.

Select your favorite genres and artists

When you first tap Listen Now in the sidebar, you’re asked to tell Apple Music about your preferences. Apple Music uses these preferences when recommending music.

Tap the genres you like (double-tap those you love, and touch and hold the genres you don’t care for).
Tap Next, then do the same with the artists that appear.

To add a specific artist who isn’t listed, tap Add an Artist, then enter the artist’s name.

Play music

Tap Listen Now in the sidebar, then tap a playlist or album.
Tap Play, or tap Shuffle to shuffle the playlist or album.

You can also touch and hold a playlist or album, then tap Play.

Play songs from an artist’s catalog

Go to an artist page, then tap next to the artist’s name.

The Music app plays songs from the artist’s entire catalog, mixing hits and deep cuts.

Tell Apple Music what you love

Do one of the following:

Touch and hold an album, playlist, or song, then tap Love or Suggest Less Like This.
On the Now Playing screen, tap , then tap Love or Suggest Less Like This.

Telling Apple Music what you love and dislike improves future recommendations.

Rate music in your library

Go to Settings , then tap Music.
Turn on Show Star Ratings.
In Music, touch and hold a song in your library, tap Rate Song, then choose a rating from one to five stars.

Song ratings sync to all devices that use the same Apple ID.

This option appears only if you already have star ratings from a synced library on your device.

Tell Apple Music to ignore your listening habits

If you don’t want your followers on Apple Music to see any of the music you play, follow these steps.

Go to Settings , then tap Music.
Turn off Use Listening History.

Turning off your listening history impacts new music recommendations and the contents of Replay playlists.

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