Apple Music Adds Playlists for iOS 18's New 'Music Haptics' Feature

As previously announced, iOS 18 includes a new accessibility feature called Music Haptics. When this feature is turned on, the iPhone's Taptic Engine will tap and vibrate to match the audio of a song playing in Apple Music, Apple Music Classical, Shazam, and supported third-party apps when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network.

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Apple says that Music Haptics provides a new way for anyone to experience music on the iPhone, including listeners who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Apple first announced Music Haptics when it previewed iOS 18's new accessibility features in May, and the feature is now available globally with iOS 18's release today. Starting today, Apple Music has a new section dedicated to Music Haptics, with new playlists available called Haptics Beats, Haptics Bass, Haptics Vibrations, and Haptics Hits.

Music Haptics is supported on the iPhone 12 series and later, excluding the third-generation iPhone SE, on iOS 18 and later. The feature can be turned on in the Settings app under Accessibility → Music Haptics.

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Top Rated Comments

klasma Avatar
2 days ago at 10:48 am
I wonder by how much this reduces the advertised hours of audio playback the iPhone can do. ;)
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timborama Avatar
2 days ago at 10:56 am
Great feature… to eat battery life even faster!
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TheColtr Avatar
2 days ago at 01:12 pm
This feature is interesting, but I just don't get it. When too much is happening in a song it just feels like vibrations, I can't really make out any distinct instruments from the vibrations. This would be really cool with more Taptic engines acting like separate instruments, but as it is now I don't understand it.
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forced-to-have-a-username Avatar
1 day ago at 06:06 am
I would be just worried that all screws come loose after 500 hours of music vibrating. New irrational fear unlocked.
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QuarterSwede Avatar
2 days ago at 11:28 am
For Sweet Child O Mine I wouldn’t know it by the way the haptics are working. It’s kind of odd and doesn’t really follow the music. I wonder what it’s translating to the Taptic Engine.
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cjsuk Avatar
2 days ago at 10:54 am
Ok well this is only useful if I stick the phone in my pants and shove on some 90s rave.
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