V betaoperating system version iOS 17.2 you can listen to history Apple Music can be turned off using the new Focus filter. So if you occasionally lend your phone to someone iPhone to listen to music, you can quickly tap to activate that Focus mode and prevent its song selection from influencing your recommendations.
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Have you ever regretted letting a friend or family member use it? Apple Music on your iPhone because its song selection negatively influenced your personal music recommendations? If you have very young children, chances are you've played their favorite song for them at some point, only to have the algorithms recommend Baby Shark or some other gem.
Luckily you are Apple konebecame aware of the regularity of such events and in the system iOS 17.2, which is currently in the development phase beta, added a new Focus mode filter option to help you automatically turn off your listening history Apple Music, whenever you hand your device over to someone else. But it also helps when, for example, you're listening to lo-fi music to concentrate on work, but you don't normally listen to it and don't need it to be played for you. Apple Music recommended.
The following steps will show you how.
- On iPhone, run Settings.
- Click on Concentration.
- Select the desired Focus mode.
- Head a little further down and in the section Focus mode filters click on Add a filter.
- Choose Musicaa make sure you disable the item Use playback history.
- At the top right, tap Add.
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And that's all. The next time you're playing music for someone else on your iPhone, simply swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen to activate Control Center, then long-press the Focus tile to activate the appropriate mode.
