How to Find Friends on Apple Music?

Apple Music is one of the most widely used services for enjoying music online, but some new users might have yet to learn that it comes with a social networking feature that lets friends bond through music.

Not only can users find and play music using the streaming service, but they can also interact and share it with their friends and even find new friends. If you want to know how to find friends on Apple Music, this article can help you. Read on.

Section 1: How to Find Friends on Apple Music: Create Your Profile

If you're new to Apple Music, you should know that other features are available besides just listening to music. One of Apple Music's features that makes it everyone's favorite is it allows you to connect with family and close friends by sharing music that you enjoy.

In addition, the app will enable you to find people who match your musical preferences, which is fascinating. In other words, it can also function as a social network.

Before you succeed in how to find friends on Apple Music, you need to create a profile first. Follow the steps below.

• Launch Apple Music and select "Listen Now".

• On the "Listen Now" screen, at the top-right corner, there is an avatar.
• Tap your avatar or account icon, then it will show "See What Friends Are Listening To". Look at the bottom part, and click on the "Get Started" button.

• To create your profile, simply follow the instructions on the screen.
• Finally, tap "Done".

Those above are the steps if you are using Apple Music on Windows PC. In case your device is a mobile device, here is where to click to get to "See What Friends Are Listening to":

• If you're using an iPhone or iPad, tap the photo icon.
• If your device is Android, click on the "More" button and select "Account" from the "More" menu.

No worries, it's similar, but the display that might appear on your screen is a bit different.

By the time you create your Apple Music profile, your friends will be able to find you. Below are the steps to edit your profile, so there is a greater chance of your profile being recognized by others. How to edit your profile? Read on.

• From clicking "Get Started", a new tab consisting of your profile will appear.
• Click the camera icon to take a profile photo, or pick a photo from the albums within the Photos app.
• If you want to modify your name or nickname, click the edit button and enter a new custom name. If you would rather not have your full name shown, you can simplify it and use only your first name or whatever nickname you like. For your information, spaces are not allowed in the name, but you can substitute an underscore for a space.

After you have a profile, you can try to connect with somebody else on Apple Music. It'd be fun if you could find someone you know here, including your friends. Now, how to find your friends on Apple Music? Read on below.

Section 2: How to Find Your Friends on Apple Music

After creating your profile, you can find your friends on Apple Music. Read on to figure out how to find friends on Apple Music.

• From making a profile, kindly proceed by tapping the "Continue to Find Contacts" option.
• After that, the following screen will show a list of your contacts who are on Apple Music and already have a profile. Simply hit the "Follow" button next to your friends' names to share music with them and view their profiles.
• Among that list, you will also see your contacts who haven't created their profiles. You can tap the "Invite" button next to their name to invite those other contacts to create their own profiles.
• To proceed, tap "Next".
• On the following screen, you will find the privacy settings. Tap to choose whether you want anyone to be able to follow you or you only let certain people follow you with approval in advance. Additionally, you can utilize the lower switches to determine if Apple Music will provide you with friend recommendations. And you can also decide if you are willing for your profile to appear in other people's friend recommendations list.
• To proceed, tap "Next" again.

If you see your friend's profile picture has a lock, it means your friend limits people who can follow him/her. Thus, you have to request to that person in advance.

Not only during making the profile, you can actually follow your friends at any time. You can easily locate friends on Apple Music by searching for their profiles and then following them.

Using your friend's Apple ID is the most straightforward method for identifying them. However, you must confirm that their Apple Music account is set as public.

Here's how to find your friends on Apple Music manually:

• Open Apple Music.
• Go to the bottom left and tap "Search".
• Type in the username you look for..

• Tap the profile that you wish to follow and click on "Follow".

Section 3: How to Find Friends Playlist on Apple Music?

Are you bored with your current playlists and looking for a new one? Why don't you check your friends' playlists? There is a feature of Apple Music where anyone with an Apple Music subscription can access and download playlists that their friends have chosen to share.

Below we will show you how to find friends playlist on Apple Music.

• Go to "For You" section by clicking on the "Love" icon among the icons at the bottom of the screen.
• You may see song recommendations. Then scroll down, and you will find the "Following" section, which consists of your friends' profile pictures.

• Choose a friend you want to check the playlist. Click on the profile. It will lead you to their account.
• Scroll down and if your friend set their playlist as public, you are supposed to see their playlists under their profile.
• Click on the playlist. There will be a list of songs that your friend includes in their playlists. If you like them, you can add your friends' playlist to your library by clicking on "+ADD".

• When your friend adds a song to that playlist, it will be updated with the latest additions.

If you want to download songs from your friends playlist, simply do the steps below.

• Go to "Library", search for the songs you recently added.
• In order to start downloading the song, click the "More" button next to the song.
• Then, select "Download".

• For batch-download, you may also find the "Download" option at the top of each playlist or album.

For your information, downloaded songs can only be listened on the exact device that was used to download them. So, if you want to listen offline to a downloaded song on a different device, you have to download it again.

You also can't keep the songs permanently as it has an expire date for your downloads. After the expiration date passed, or if you cancel Apple Music subscription, you are required to download again if you want to listen offline.

Section 4: How to Find Friends Playlist on Apple Music And Keep It Permanently?

If you like one of your friends' playlists, you may add it to your library or even download it to enjoy offline for some time instead of permanently. If you want to save time and not bother downloading it again and again, why don't you just download it permanently?

Does Apple Music have that feature? Unfortunately no. But, you have other alternatives for that. No worries. Some alternatives, including MusicFab, allow you to keep your friends' playlists or songs from Apple Music for unlimited time.

After you install MusicFab and launch the application, here are the steps you need:

• Several music streaming service logos, including Apple Music, will be displayed on the MusicFab main screen. Click the Apple Music logo.
• After that, login in to your Apple Music account.
• After logging in, navigate to your library and find the song that has been added to your library from your friend's playlist.
• Next, start playing the song. When the song begins, a popup box appears, allowing you the option to "Download Now" or "Add to Queue" and start downloading later.

• When you select the "Download Now" option, MusicFab will immediately begin downloading in the Task Queue.

Wrap Up

Apple Music lets us, as users, to connect with somebody else in the application. Not only with our contacts but also with somebody new with music tastes similar to ours. This article has explained to you how to find friends on Apple Music as well as how to find friends playlist on Apple Music.

You may want to download your favorite playlist from your friends to listen to whenever you want. However, with the limitation set by Apple Music, it's not possible to download it permanently for the time being. Thus, third-party alternatives, such as MusicFab's Apple Music converter software, can be the answer. It's worth trying!