ay Music update adds small interface tweak, prepares for bigger things

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 15 Jul 2016

ay Music is rapidly becoming one of the best music apps subscription services around. It’s got a huge music library, podcasts, a good feature set, an ever-improving interface. us, your unlimited music subscription ($10 per month, $15 for a 6-person family plan) also gets you access to YouTube Red.

‘s now rolling out a new version of the app, it appears to make a single, simple interface tweak. If you’re looking at any sort of list, like all the albums from a b or all the search results for “metal”, you’ll now see little ay buttons on the square album or playlist artwork. It just saves you a tap from having to open the album, playlist, or podcast before you start playing it.

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ft: The old interface, sans ay buttons. Right: The new interface, which gets you rockin’ faster.

That one change alone isn’t really a big deal. Sure, these little improvements are welcome, but it’s what might be coming down the pike that has us interested. The sleuths at Android lice have dug into the code buried in the new A discovered references to a number of features that might be enabled in future updates.

Do you like to listen to music while you fall asleep? Good news, it looks like a sleep timer is on its way. There’s a reference to a “headphone notification,” which could be a way for ay Music to offer up a suggested playlist or album when you plug in your headphones. That way, you can start listening without hunting for launching the app. There’s also a mysterious reference to a setting that might let you resume a track that was interrupted.

The ay Music update is rolling out now through the ay Store. If you haven’t given it a whirl, you should: it’s a great music service. And be sure to check out our ay Music tips.

The story behind the story: ay Music isn’t nearly as popular as Spotify, ra, or Apple Music. ich is a shame, because it’s definitely competitive, worth a look. ile everyone pays attention to those other big streaming music services, has been improving its offering, adding new features like podcasts steadily improving the interface.