Playing Music

Control music playback using the Mini Player and Now Playing interfaces.

Mini Player

The Mini Player provides your interface for managing music playback.

Primary Controls

Use the primary controls to navigate in Hi-Fi, and to control music playback.

With the Mini Player, you can:

• Navigate to find music and initiate playback or insert tracks into the queue.
• Tap or to suspend playback, or to resume.
• Tap the central display with the name of the currently playing track to access Now Playing.
• Tap to advance to the next track in the queue.

Note

When using Hi-Fi on iPad, the Mini Player can adjust its layout to fit the larger screen. Some details may vary, but the same basic controls still apply.

Track and Queue Progress

The Mini Player provides visualizations that represent your playback progress.

• Track Progress: Indicates the playhead position for the current track.
• Queue Progress: Indicates your position in the overall queue.

Now Playing

The Mini Player provides access to the Now Playing view. There, you’ll find:

• Details about the track that’s currently playing.
• A list of upcoming tracks.
• Access to the history of recently played tracks.

To access Now Playing, tap the center track display:

When Now Playing is displayed, you will gain access to additional features:

• Tap to use Bluetooth or AirPlay.
• Tap to toggle between shuffling the current queue or playing in sequential order.
• Tap or to cycle through repeating all tracks, one track, or none.
• Tap to return to the start of the current track, or to go back to a previous track.

Scrubbing

You can scrub to any point in a song.

First, tap and hold on the play/pause button:

While continuing to hold, scrub left or right to position the playhead. Let go to set the playhead’s new location.

Index of Controls

Mini Player Controls

Control	Name	Description
	Play	Starts playback of current queue selection.
	Pause	Pauses playback.
	Stop	Stops playback.
	Skip Forward	Skips to next track in queue.
	Skip Back	Skips to start of current track, then to prior track.
	AirPlay	Access to Bluetooth and AirPlay streaming options.
	Repeat All	When active, repeats all tracks in queue.
	Repeat One	When active, repeats current queue selection.
	Shuffle	When active, shuffles the order of current queue.

Navigation Controls

Use the navigation controls to browse your music.

Control	Name	Description
	Albums	Albums from your library.
	Artists	Artists from your library.
	Genres	Genres from your library.
	Playlists	Playlists from your library.
	Songs	Songs from your library.
	Search	Search the Apple Music* catalog or your personal library.

* Apple Music subscription required.