What’s New in MusicSmart for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and tvOS 18
MusicSmart 2.1.0 supports the latest features introduced in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and tvOS 18. It offers controls for viewing music credits in the redesigned Control Center, includes new app icons that match your Home Screen style, and deeply integrates with Spotlight to get ready for the upcoming Apple Intelligence semantic index.
It also brings an innovative App Shortcut that allows you view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song anywhere in the system, and uses the new Translate APIs to offer liner notes in the user’s preferred language.
The Apple TV app also gets a major redesign with a new tab view for switching between Trending Songs, Now Playing, and Search.
App Icon iOS 18 iPadOS 18
New app icon for dark and tinted variants.
Controls iOS 18 iPadOS 18
New Control for viewing music credits in Control Center. You can use it to create a music-focused group with various attributes and quickly see a specific credit for the current song.
New Control for quickly launching MusicSmart from the Control Center, Lock Screen, or Action button.
App Intents
New App Shortcut to view liner notes and credits for the currently playing song. Just say “Siri, explore current song with MusicSmart” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app (figure 1).
A hint is shown in the main app using the system’s default Siri UI to let users know about this new interaction (figure 2).
Spotlight
As you use MusicSmart to read liner notes and credits, tracks and artists will be indexed for Spotlight and the new Apple Intelligence semantic index.
You can touch and hold tracks to preview their liner notes (figure 2). Tapping a track or artist will take you to the corresponding page in MusicSmart.
Translate
Liner notes, artist bio, and podcast descriptions can now be translated using Apple’s built-in Translate framework.
Apple TV tvOS 18
MusicSmart on Apple TV now has a new tab view for switching between Trending Songs, Now Playing, and Search.
Previously, users could only see liner notes and credits for the songs they were currently playing. Now, with the new search functionality, they can look up and access any song.
