How To Airdrop A Song From Apple Music

You’re probably familiar with the idea of sharing a song from Apple Music via Messages or Mail. But did you know that you can Airdrop an Apple Music song to someone, This is a great method if you’re in the same room or building as the person you want to send the song to. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection and for both of you to have Airdrop turned on in Control Center on your iPhones. Here’s how to Airdrop a song from Apple Music. Sign up to iPhone Life's Tip of the Day Newsletter and we'll send you a tip each day to save time and get the most out of your iPhone or iPad. Airdrop can only be used if someone is near you, so if you're trying to send a song to someone down the street or across the country, you'll need to share the song via Messages or Mail instead. Make sure you, and the person you want to Airdrop the song to, are connected to Wi-Fi. Swipe up from Home screen to open Control Center. Tap Airdrop and select either Contacts Only or Everyone. This will turn on Airdrop (both the sending and receiving iPhone need to have Airdrop turned on). In the Music app, find the song you want to Airdrop. Tap the three dots in the lower right corner. Under Tap to share with Airdrop, find the person you want to share the song with. Tap their name or circle. On their iPhone, it will alert them that you are trying to share music with them. To hear the song you’ve sent, they need to tap Accept.

AirDrop automatically detects all supported devices in your area that it can establish connections with, meaning the geographically closer the two devices are to each other, the easier it is to use. Here’s a primer on AirDrop that should answer any questions you have and get you started. Which Apple devices work with AirDrop, AirDrop works with devices running iOS 7 or later. For Macs, you’ll need to have OS X 10.7 or a more recent OS to use AirDrop. In terms of iOS devices, AirDrop runs on: an iPhone 5 or later, a fourth-gen iPad or later, any iPad mini, the iPad Pro, the iPad Air, and fifth-generation iPod Touch devices or later. To transfer files between OS X and iOS devices, however, you will need a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later, and an iOS device running iOS 8 or later. To turn on AirDrop, you have to swipe up from your bottom bezel and access your Control Panel, rather than going into Settings. For AirDrop to work, you’ll also need to enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which you can also turn on from your Control Panel.