Add music to your queue to play next on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device

Play a vocal, and then have similar songs autoplay. Or queue up music that you lot want to play next. Share command of your queue. And transfer your queue betwixt your iPhone and HomePod so you lot can keep listening without missing a trounce — all with Apple tree Music.

Let Autoplay pick what plays next

Autoplay takes the work out of choosing what to play next. Just play a song, then Autoplay finds similar songs and plays them afterward.

To see your Autoplay queue:

  1. Tap the song that'due south playing at the bottom of your screen.
  2. In the lower-right corner of your screen, tap Playing Side by sidethe Playing Next icon.
  3. Scroll downwards to Autoplay.

To turn Autoplay on or off, tap the Autoplay buttonthe Autoplay button icon in the upper-right corner of your screen. If you plow off Autoplay on one of your devices, then Autoplay is turned off on any device that'due south signed in with your Apple ID.

iPhone showing the Autoplay button on the Playing Next screen

Autoplay is available only if you subscribe to Apple Music.

Choose what yous want to play next

  1. Open the Apple tree Music app and play music.
  2. Notice a vocal, album, or playlist that you want to play adjacent.
  3. When you find something, touch and hold it, then choose when you want it to play:

iPhone showing a song selected to play next

See and alter what plays next

  1. Tap the song that'south playing at the bottom of your screen.
  2. In the lower-correct corner of your screen, tap Playing Next the Playing Next icon.
  3. From here, you lot can see and edit your Playing Side by side and Autoplay queues.
    • Reorder music: Drag the three linesthe Reorder icon next to a song up or downward.
    • Remove a song: Swipe left over a vocal, and so tap Remove.

iPhone showing music that's being rearranged on the Playing Next screen

If you play music that's not in your queue, you'll see an choice to articulate your music queue. If y'all choose Clear, then the music in your queue is replaced with the music y'all've selected to play.

If you're at a friend'southward business firm or accept guests over, you can all add music to the queue on an Apple tree TV or HomePod. Anybody that wants to add music needs a subscription to Apple tree Music and an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on to the same Wi-Fi network equally the Apple tree Telly or HomePod.
  2. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, open the Apple Music app.
  3. Tap the player at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Tap AirPlaythe AirPlay icon.
  5. Scroll and tap the carte for HomePod or Apple Television receiver. And so tap the card again to return to the Apple tree Music app and meet the music queue for that device.
  6. Find a song, anthology, or playlist that you want to play next, affect and hold it, then choose when you lot want it to play:

Transfer your music queue between iPhone and HomePod

Update your HomePod and iPhone to the latest version of iOS. Then you can transfer what y'all're listening to between the two devices automatically, or with only a tap.

  • To transfer what'south playing on your iPhone to HomePod, bring your iPhone within 3 feet of your HomePod. Then tap the message on your iPhone that says Play on HomePod.
  • To automatically transfer what'southward playing back and forth betwixt your iPhone and HomePod, just concord your iPhone close to the meridian of your HomePod.

HomePod isn't available in all countries and regions.

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