NowPlaying: Music Discovery 2027.6 - App Store

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About NowPlaying: Music Discovery

Music, made more fun. Find records you'd never have run into on your own, then learn everything about them. Who played bass, where it was recorded, what it samples. Featured on TechCrunch, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac,...

Music, made more fun. Find records you'd never have run into on your own, then learn everything about them. Who played bass, where it was recorded, what it samples. Featured on TechCrunch, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac, DailyTekk, BGR, and more. ● Who it's for Anyone who wants to hear more new music, and know more about the music they already love. . Anyone hunting for their next favourite album, not another playlist . People who want a new record to try every day . Everyone who hears a great song and needs to know more, right now . Crate diggers and collectors who read every sleeve . Apple Music and Last.fm fans who keep track of what they play . Vinyl fans who want a proper display for the record that's spinning ● See more of your music SongDisplay turns your iPhone or iPad into a display for whatever's playing. Artwork, facts, and the story behind the song, updating as the music changes. Prop it up next to the turntable and let it run. . Album art or artist art, full screen . Kiosk Mode hides the buttons so only the music shows . Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island . Send it to a TV or monitor over AirPlay . Every session saved, so you can find that one song again . Read great insights about the song that’s playing ● Skip the algorithm A new Album of the Day, picked for the genres you actually listen to. Swipe through Album Discovery to find records nothing else would serve you, drawn from the Rolling Stone 500, 1001 Albums, the Apple Music Top 100, new releases, and your own library. Read Pitchfork reviews and Bandcamp Daily picks in the same place, plus music books worth reading. Come back tomorrow for the next one. ● Know the whole story Liner notes, verified facts, band members, samples and the songs they came from, awards, recording locations on a map, photography, set lists from the tour, and full lyrics. Translate any of it into your language, or let Song Story read it aloud. ● Find any song Catch what's playing around you with Shazam. Scan the barcode on a CD or record. Photograph an album cover to identify it. Point Visual Intelligence at a sleeve. Or search all of Apple Music. ● Keep it all together Save songs to Favourites and to your Apple Music library or a playlist. Scrobble to Last.fm. Add records to Discogs and songs to MusicThread. See your rated albums, On Repeat, and Heavy Rotation in one place. Build your Best of the year list and share it as an image. Open anything in Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, YouTube Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, or Pandora. ● Everywhere you listen Five Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center controls for listening, playing today's album, and scanning, plus Siri Shortcuts and Handoff between devices. NowPlaying also runs on Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro, in the same download. ● NowPlaying Gold No ads, Last.fm scrobbling, your full search and SongDisplay history, extra details like awards and band members, Kiosk Mode, and app icons you unlock by listening and exploring. NowPlaying works without it. Gold makes it better and keeps it going. Terms of use: https://nowplaying.page/terms Privacy policy: https://nowplaying.page/privacy

Version History NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.6: • Better performance when loading an album’s details • Fixed an issue that would cause a lot of duplicate albums to show in the discover screen 2027.6 6d ago NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.5: • You can now give us tips on what you think should be Album of the Day • Better performance for fetching share links 2027.5 Sep 21 NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.4: • You can now select Qobuz as your preferred streaming service to open albums, songs, and artists in Qobuz • Share an artist, album, or song link from any platform by long-pressing the share button • Fixed a bug that made the app a black screen for some. • Bug and crash fixes 2027.4 Sep 17 NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.3: • Improved the performance of the Album swipe screen. 2027.3 Sep 16 NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.2: • Better way to submit feedback to us 2027.2 Sep 15 NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later New in 2027.1: • You can now pick your favorite four albums of all time on your profile • New way to send diagnostics and crash reports when needed • Smaller UI improvements 2027.1 Sep 14 NowPlaying is ready for iOS 27. We worked hard this summer to bring you the best new experience. We are introducing a few new features focused on Apple Intelligence, plus a lot of new content. ● Ready for Siri AI • Start SongDisplay using Siri ("What song is this?") • On-screen awareness, so Siri will always know what you’re talking about • Save songs to favorites using Siri ("I like this song.") • Play audio on specific devices using Siri ("Play Album of the day in the living room.") • Add songs to library using Siri ("Add this song to my library.") ● Other New features • We now show small insights during SongDisplay on larger displays • Discover the song's Key and BPM and play along!* • A richer Discover experience with music news, reviews, new albums, and artists you’ve seen live. • Send artists to Gigs and automatically add saved artists to your Want to See list. • New Larger Album of the Day widgets with more of the story behind each pick. • You can now let SongDisplay show the artist instead of the album artwork • Open albums and artists in Daft Music. • Start listening to an artist’s top songs in Apple Music with a single tap. • Added two new achievements for you to unlock* • A countdown to upcoming releases, so you never miss what’s next. ● Improved • Smarter search for songs, lyrics, and artist popularity. • A refreshed SongDisplay with immersive new background visuals. • More flexible album recognition in Visual Intelligence. • A smoother, more reliable SongDisplay experience when tracks change or you return from another app. • Better Apple Music connectivity for Album of the Day actions. • Polished layouts across SongDisplay and song details, including landscape on iPhone. • More reliable Control Center updates and SongDisplay interactions. *Requires iOS 27 or later 2027 Sep 10 Fixed a bug that prevented achievements from making any progress, and some more spring cleaning 2026.24 Apr 22 Added support for buying the Gigs + NowPlaying bundle and some more smaller refinements 2026.23 Apr 15 You can now save songs and toggle favourites directly from the Shortcuts app, Siri, perfect for when NowPlaying is running in SongDisplay mode. Save to Library: Instantly add the currently playing song to your music library without touching your phone. Favourite Song: Mark the current song as a favourite (or unfavourite it) hands-free. Both shortcuts default to the song currently playing in SongDisplay, but you can also switch the source to search for any song by title and artist. 2026.22 Mar 15 - Made the SongDisplay feature work better! - Improved how often and how well we update the Live Activity. - Fixed a few hiccups that were slowing things down on the Artist details page. 2026.21 Mar 12 - Performance improvements - Search improvements - Songs found from the Control Center button now actually save to search instead of SongDisplay history 2026.20 Mar 8 • Fixed a bug that prevented deeplinks for artists from working • Added an invite to join the Gigs beta 2026.19 Mar 2 • We now indicate how many and when an artist has played a Super Bowl halftime show. • We massively improved the performance of Album Discovery and the overall app. • Added a new achievement for you to unlock (it’s cute). • Fixed a bug that prevented the “Every day. More Extraordinary.” from being unlocked. • Fixed a crash that would happen when switching songs sometimes. • Improved search suggestion performance 2026.18 Feb 24 We fixed a display issue that caused some titles on the artist details page to be rendered incorrectly. 2026.17 Feb 5 Bug fixes for album swiping 2026.16 Feb 3 We’ve introduced support for Album Ratings! Now, you can assign ratings to any Album, and they’ll be displayed in your Profile. This feature allows you to revisit and reflect on the albums that left the most significant impression on you. 2026.15 Feb 3 Small bug fixes and improvements (really, nothing big worth mentioning) 2026.14 Jan 1 Made the app a bit lighter to install 2026.13 12/16/2025 • Fixed a bug that showed an empty TabBar accessory for some • Made some improvements on the live activity • Added a new achievement 2026.12 12/15/2025 We’re preparing for the end of the year. Choose your favorite albums and/or songs and share them with everyone! ● New • Improved search to pick your favorite songs and albums of 2025 • You can now drag and drop to change order of your favorite songs and albums • Bug fixes for Best of year functionality 2026.11 12/07/2025 We’re preparing for the end of the year. Choose your favorite albums and/or songs and share them with everyone! 2026.10 12/03/2025 ● Improved • Song items had a bit of a chin in the cells • Made saving songs to favourites a bit faster and more consistent • Some code refactor that should not affect you directly, but helps for the future of NowPlaying 2026.9 11/26/2025 ● NEW • You can now easily save any music to the MusicBox app. ● IMPROVEMENTS • Saving songs and albums to the library is now faster. • The notification for "Album of the Day" has been improved. • Several accessibility fixes have been implemented. • Widgets now have updated layouts. 2026.8 11/15/2025 ● New • It’s now possible to turn on notifications to get reminders for Album of the Day • You can now customize which genres interest you for Album of the Day in your profile • Discover view now has a new genre-specific section that rotates between genres ● Updated • Improved swiping interaction in album discovery • The discover page now changes more frequently • Updated our Roadmap • Slightly tweaked our brand color • More UI polishing • We made some first steps in heavily increasing the launch speed of the app 2026.7 11/10/2025

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of NowPlaying: Music Discovery since it was posted on our website on 2022-03-27 19:23:08. The latest version is 2027.6 and it was updated on 2026-10-07 18:09:32. See below the changes in each version.

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