There is no doubt that Apple Music is one of the most popular music streaming services in the world. A subscription to Apple Music gives users access to millions of songs.
Apple Music now has even more functionality thanks to a newly added feature. With Apple Music Sing, users can sing along to their favorite songs.
Using Apple Music Sing, users can reduce or remove the lead vocal track’s volume. You can choose to sing along with your favorite artists or remove their input to give yourself more freedom. By deciphering lead and background vocals, the software will preserve precious harmonies and other background colors.
Lyrics will appear on the screen in real-time, similar to a karaoke machine. Additionally, there will be a duet mode where multiple vocal lines will appear on either side of the screen, allowing you to sing those classic multi-singer songs with your friends and family.
The company will also compile a collection of more than 50 dedicated playlists for Apple Music Sing, which will feature a variety of songs for epic singalongs. As a result of this updated feature, Apple says it is fun and simple for anyone to take part – no matter where they are or how they choose to participate.
Speaking about the initial concept for Apple Music Sing, Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music and Beats, said, “We already know our users all over the world love to follow along to their favorite songs, so we wanted to evolve this offering even further to enable even more engagement around music through singing.”
Apple Music Sing is free if you have an Apple Music subscription. The cheapest plan is Apple Music Voice, which costs $4.99 monthly. Feature wise, it’s pretty limited in comparison to the Student, Individual, and Family plans, which cost $5.99, $10.99, and $16.99 per month. One of the fun perks of Apple Music is that a lot of the songs come with built-in lyrics, sparing you that Google search and letting you view the lyrics right in the app.
Apple Music sing only works on iPhones running iOS 16 or the latest version. It also works on iPads running iPadOS 16.1. Users should see the feature roll out later this month – hopefully just in time for some Christmas karaoke.