How to Turn Autoplay On and Off on Apple Music

Added with Autoplay feature, Apple Music has improved the listening experience with more songs for users to discover their music tastes. Once the Apple Music Autoplay is on, more songs will kick in after the final songs in the music queue, which means the music never stops until this feature is turned off.

Part 1. How to Turn On Autoplay on Apple Music

For starters, pick up your device to select a song to stream on Apple Music to see the Now Playing bar, then it's time to hand the task to Autoplay Apple Music to play similar songs and plays them afterward with a few simple taps or clicks.

Note: Autoplay is one of the features for an existing Apple Music subscription. If the subscription is no longer existing for this feature, there won't be the Autoplay button.

For iPhone/Android to turn on Apple Music Autoplay:

On iPhone or Android, the Apple Music Autoplay is in a familiar place - Playing Next queue. It's simple for Apple Music subscribers to use this feature.

1. In the Apple Music app, tap the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen.

2. In the Play View, see and tap the Playing Next button (Music Inline icon) in the lower-right corner of the screen.

3. Scroll down to Autoplay with this description: "Similar music will keep playing".

4. To turn on Autoplay on Apple Music, tap the Autoplay button (infinity loop icon) next to the Playing Next tab.

For Mac to turn on Apple Music Autoplay:

On Mac, the Apple Music Autoplay is also available as long as the Apple Music subscription is active. Just like in the Apple Music app for mobile, the Autoplay button and the Autoplay section are kept separate.

1. In the Apple Music app for Mac, see the Now Playing bar at the top of the screen.

2. Next to the volume slider, see and click the Playing Next button (Music Inline icon) in the top-right corner of the screen.

3. In the Playing Next queue, see the infinity icon at the top of the queue.

4. To turn on Autoplay on Apple Music, click the Autoplay icon to make it red.

Once the Autoplay is on, it's up to Apple Music users to use it to add songs similar to the one playing to the end of the queue.

On Apple Music's platforms above, it should be familiar for users to manage the songs in the queue with the enabled Autoplay: to play a song, add or move songs to a preferred situation in the queue, change the order of songs in the queue, remove songs from the queue, which is a similar progress.

Part 2. How to Turn Off Autoplay on Apple Music

If there's the Apple Music automatically playing issue, AutoPlay feature is one of the possible cause. There're more causes and fixes here in this article: how to stop Apple Music from automatically playing.

Still, if there're issues related, it's quite simple for Apple Music subscribers to turn off Autoplay on Apple Music.

For iPhone/Android to turn off Apple Music Autoplay:

Repeat the steps on iPhone or Android phone to go to the Playing Next queue, tap the Autoplay button again to turn off AutoPlay on Apple Music app for mobile.

For Mac to turn off Apple Music Autoplay:

Repeat the steps on Mac to go to the Playing Next queue, tap the Autoplay button to turn it off on Apple Music app for Mac.

While it's simple to disable this Apple Music Autoplay feature, please note that when you turn off Autoplay on one of your devices (for example: iPhone), then Autoplay is turned off on any device that's signed in with your Apple ID (for example: iPad).

Additional Tip: How to Get More Control of Songs from Apple Music

Use Apple Music Autoplay to discover more similar songs can be exciting, but there's one more precaution - that is, this is the exclusives to Apple Music subscriptions. This means once the Apple Music subscription is no longer to exist (for example: expired or cancelled), users no longer have this access to the unique listening experience.

From here we'd like to recommend a method to get more control of songs from Apple Music - using ViWizard Audio Converter.

ViWizard Audio Converter is a free, Apple Music converter supported tier for Apple Music users to download songs from Apple Music catalog. Once the songs are added to ViWizard, it can convert them into 6 supported formats, including MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV and FLAC for keeping as personal music collection.

ViWizard Apple Music Converter Key Features

• Losslessly download and convert Apple Music for offline playing on any device
• Convert M4P Apple Music to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B
• Retain 100% original quality and ID3 tags
• Support converting Apple Music songs, iTunes audiobooks and Audible audiobooks
• Convert between DRM-free audio file formats

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Download Download

From the ViWizard software box above, click the Download button to download the correct version for the computer device.

1Add Apple Music to Download

Once the ViWizard software is open, wait until it launches or relaunches the iTunes app for a safe conversion. From iTunes to ViWizard, add music songs via drags or drops. Or in ViWizard, load the music in iTunes using the Add Music button at the top menu.

2Set Output Format as MP3

Once there're songs on the screen, click the Format tab at the bottom to go to Format setting. You can set the output format as MP3 or other supported formats. With format setting done, click OK to save this change.

3Convert Apple Music

Back on the ViWizard software's screen, click the Convert button. Wait while ViWizard is converting all the added songs into MP3. Once the conversion completes, a click on the Converted menu can browse all the converted Apple Music songs.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.