Apple launched translation capabilities and karaoke options to Apple Music on the WWDC 2025, increasing the streaming service’s performance because it competes with Spotify for streaming subscribers.
The brand new options are a part of the incoming iOS 26 replace. Amongst them, the Lyrics Translation function, permits customers to know track meanings in international languages with out having to go to exterior websites.
The function is on the market for choose songs in languages like English to Chinese language, English to Japanese, Korean to Chinese language (simplified), Korean to English, Korean to Japanese, and Spanish to English.
Moreover, Apple added Lyrics Pronunciation, serving to customers sing alongside to tracks in unfamiliar languages. It’s accessible for choose songs in scripts like Cantonese to Jyutping, Chinese language (simplified) to Pinyin, Chinese language (conventional) to Pinyin, Hindi to Romanized Hindi, Japanese to Romanized Japanese, Korean to Katakana, Korean to Romanized Korean, and Punjabi to Romanized Punjabi.
The updates for Apple Music additionally embrace an AutoMix function that creates steady playlists primarily based on beforehand performed songs. This may very well be a challenger to Spotify’s AI DJ performance, launched in February 2023.
Apple defined: “AutoMix makes use of intelligence to transition from one track to the following like a DJ, utilizing time stretching and beat matching to seamlessly transfer from one track to the following.”
“AutoMix makes use of intelligence to transition from one track to the following like a DJ, utilizing time stretching and beat matching to seamlessly transfer from one track to the following.”
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In the meantime, Apple’s tvOS 26 replace expands its present sing-along function, serving to customers flip iPhones into handheld microphones for Apple TV with voice amplification capabilities.
The improved karaoke expertise consists of real-time lyrics, visible results, and onscreen emoji reactions. A number of customers can take part concurrently utilizing particular person iPhones to queue songs or add reactions, whereas the interpretation and pronunciation options allow singing in unfamiliar languages.
“Sing in Apple Music is extra partaking than ever, and with Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation, customers can comply with and sing alongside to an excellent wider number of songs, even when they don’t know the language.”
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Apple mentioned: “Sing in Apple Music is extra partaking than ever, and with Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation, customers can comply with and sing alongside to an excellent wider number of songs, even when they don’t know the language.”
On the WWDC 2025, Apple additionally revealed a brand new design for its apps together with Apple Music.
“In Apple Music, Information, and Podcasts, the tab bar is redesigned to drift above customers’ content material, dynamically shrink when customers are searching to place content material entrance and heart, after which increase once they scroll again up.”
The brand new options can be found for testing, efficient instantly, through the Apple Developer Program. A public beta might be accessible through the Apple Beta Software program Program subsequent month.
The enhancements, together with the lyrics translation function, come as Apple Music continues to roll out new options to draw extra subscribers because it competes in a crowded discipline that features rivals like Spotify and Amazon Music.
Final 12 months, Spotify quietly locked lyrics behind a paywall in what seems to be an try to convert free customers to paying subscribers.
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