If you're an Apple Music user, listen up because your music streaming experience is about to be improved. Apple Music has introduced a new feature that offers its subscribers a monthly streaming playlist, which will be a curated selection of your favorite songs, artists, and albums month by month.
This monthly version adds to the existing annual streaming playlist and will capture the mood of each month, based on play count and time spent listening, offering a personalized snapshot of your listening habits.
Like the annual Replay playlist, access to this monthly feature is only available via the web. Users who want to take a look at their musical journey over the past month can visit replay.music.apple.com and sign in with their Apple ID to discover their most played songs, albums, and artists. You'll also find information about your personal listening habits, such as your monthly listening time and your preferences for specific artists.
Beyond offering a look back at each month's music favorites, Apple Music Replay lets users share their ideas and review past playlists and listening habits, and Apple archives all of your data for year-end comparisons. .
Why is Apple Music adding monthly streaming playlists?
The introduction of monthly streaming playlists points to Apple's continued commitment to improving the user experience on the best music streaming service and making it more personalized.
It is also likely that it was launched in an attempt to remain competitive with Spotify. Although Spotify does not currently offer a monthly summary playlist, it has long been known for its annual wrapped and recommended playlists, and for its innovative features such as AI DJ and, my personal favorite, Daylist, which offers a list playback that is constantly updated to reflect your musical tastes at certain times and on certain days.
It will be interesting to see if Apple Music will continue to expand its playlist offerings to continue competing with Spotify. I also wonder if Spotify will respond by introducing its own version of a monthly digest playlist.
