The Apple Music Voice Plan is a low-price subscription tier for Apple Music. The article explains how to use the Voice Plan, how to become a new subscriber, and how to play music with the service.
What is the Apple Music Voice Plan?
You can access the Apple Music catalog with the Apple Music Voice Plan. The Voice Plan gives access to all songs, playlists, and stations in Apple Music, and is augmented by a custom in-app experience with suggestions based on your music preferences and a queue of recently played music.
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The Voice Plan is designed to allow you to ask for songs and albums from the Apple Music catalog, rather than through the Apple Music app interface. It's useful with both the car and the home where the natural inclination is to use voice control.
The Listen Now section of the Apple Music app is where you can find music you recently played and discover personalized music recommendations that you can play with just a tap or by asking. You can access live and on-demand radio in the Radio tab, but you can't play it if you ask the computer.
What are the limitations of the voice plan?
The Voice Plan can only be activated through the Apple Music app, whereas on a standard Apple Music subscription you can use the Apple Music app, download music, and sync your library across your devices.
The Apple Music Voice Plan has a limited interface in the Apple Music app, but it does offer full access to Apple's song catalog and radio stations. You can listen to previews of songs, but not the full song, if you use the Apple Music app. If you want to play the full version of the song after you hear the preview, you'll need to ask the computer to do so.
The "Play it Again" feature lets users access a list of recently played music, and the "Listen it Again" feature lets users ask for music suggestions based on listening history or likes and dislikes. There is no way to add songs or albums to the Library, or to save music for offline listening. You need to upgrade to the full Apple Music subscription if you want those features.
There is no option to view lyrics, watch music videos, or see what friends are listening to without the $9.99 per month Apple Music plan.
Where can I find the voice plan?
The Apple Music Voice Plan is available in 17 countries and regions, including Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
You will need to own at least one Apple device that supports the voice plan, such as an Apple TV, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, or HomePod mini. If you want to use a Mac to access the Voice Plan, you need to run macOS Monterey 12.1.
If you're new to Apple Music, you can start a seven-day free trial by saying "Hey Siri, start Apple Music Voice" or by using the Voice Plan option in the Apple Music app. You can subscribe to the Voice plan after seven days.
Make sure the plan is available in your country if you can't seem to subscribe to it. Check that your device is up-to-date with the latest software, and that it supports Siri.
An iPad with iPadOS 15.2 or later.
An Apple TV with tvOS 15.2 or later.
A Mac with a newer operating system.
How to play music with an Apple device.
To play a song, album, or artist.
"Hey, play a song by The Doors."
"Hey, play the top songs by the artist."
"Hey, play the new album by Lucy Dacus."
To play hits from any decade.
"Hey Siri, play hip-hop songs from the 90s."
The top songs of the year should be played.
"Hey, play some 90s ambient."
You can also listen to music and find out what's playing. You can request live and on-demand radio and control what's playing.
Hundreds of new mood and activity playlists have been added to Apple Music. "Play the dinner party playlist," "Play something," or even "Play more like this" are some of the ways subscribers can ask for a personalized music experience.
Apple Music learns what you like and what you don't when you play more music. You can help Apple Music learn your taste in music by telling the computer when you like or dislike a song, which is the same as liking and disliking content in the Apple Music app.
It's a good option for someone who will use a device like a HomePod or CarPlay only and wants to save money, but there are a lot of additional features that you get with the extra $5 for the full $9.99 per month Apple Music plan.
