Siri: use my Library and stop defaulting to Apple Music!

Apple recently updated iOS to include a toggle in Settings > Music > Show Apple Music. Turning this off seems to stop Siri from defaulting to Apple Music. I too was automatically signed up for a 7-day trial that I did not agree too in December. I found this after the most recent update to iOS 16.2, this toggle seems to help.

It wasn't there when the Voice trial was active, but after I contacted Apple Support chat to cancel the trial (which they eventually did) that option showed back up. I suspect it's only available if you don't actively have a subscription to Apple Music.

I have an iPhone 13 Pro, for what it's worth.

It is there on mine updated to 16.3.1 ....

Go Settings, then locate Music App, and 'Show Apple Music' is the top option.

This on my XS Max:

Hi DB-mac, We appreciate you reaching out to us. We’d like to gather additional details that may help us be in a better position to assist you.

Are you experiencing a similar issue when asking Siri to play your music when CarPlay is not active?

Does it help if you change how you phrased the command?

In the meantime, let’s check for a software update and make sure that you are running the latest version of iOS.

While it isn't inherently assured that an update will resolve the issue, updating to the latest software version for your device can help isolate potential software issues. 

Kindly secure a backup and update.

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Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Take care!

This same thing happened to me. I had thought, finally, Siri would start behaving itself. Not only did it start playing a streaming version of a song I owned, it reconfigured the app interface while I was driving and signed me up for a free trial of a service I emphatically do not want.

To add insult to injury, 16.3 appears to have dropped the settings which hid most of the Apple Music features. To be very clear: I don’t want this service and went out of my way to disable the clutter it introduced to my UI. If I could delete the Music app without removing my music library, I would.

DB-mac,

Thank you for this updated information. We would like to recommend you contact Apple Support directly so they can provide more specific assistance with your issue and address all of your questions.

Best regards.

Hundreds of users are getting this exact issue. I spent 2 hours on calls with apple and NONE of them ever heard of this and the option to STOP it has been removed. Apple is trying to force us to use their **** awful app like Spotify clone and we ONLY WANT TO PLAY OUR MUSIC.

We do not want your choice, your advice, some random "just like" so and so. Let us DISABLE EVERYTHING and ANYTHING and STOP trying to force this on us.

We spent YEARS building our collections, lists, and choices, and you are FOCKING it up. Stop. And Train your people to know what you are doing so they can tell us HOW to stop this.

Just to confirm that asking Siri on HomePod Mini will NOT play anything from your music Library unless you have an Apple Music Subscription. This is totally stupid and counter-productive and an example of everything bad about Apple.

I can now ask Siri to do this on my iPhone from my stored Music Library, but it will not work on HomePods, even with the latest 16.3.1 (iPhone) and 16.3.2 (Homepod Mini) IOS updates.

I'm having this exact same problem, only Apple Music then went on to delete tens of thousands of songs from my library on top of it. My phone is updated to iOS 16.3.1 and I don't have the Show Apple Music toggle in Settings > Music either. I know it used to be there, because I specifically set it so this wouldn't happen.

Apple has known about Apple Music subscriptions deleting downloaded music files from other sources since they launched Apple Music and haven't done anything to fix the issue. The only reason I kept buying iPhones after that became a known issue was because I knew I could toggle it off and not have a problem. I can't believe they'd sign everyone up for this stupid Voice trial without authorization, especially when they're clearly aware that it causes problems.

Honestly, I've scoured the forums, reddit, and the rest of the internet and can't find a solution. Enough people with the same issue have reported that contacting support directly doesn't resolve anything so I'm not going to waste hours of my time for the same result. Personally I'm shopping for a Sony Walkman for my music library (they still have headphone jacks too!) and planning on switching to an Android when my phone contract is up. Involuntarily signing me up for a service I explicitly do not want without asking me and that causes this much wasted time and frustration is my last straw with them.

I had this exact same issue, and DID contact Apple Support. It was not helpful, beyond assuring me that I would not be charged after the 7 day trial (which, like the user above, I NEVER asked for in the first place). Again, why did Apple remove the ability to BLOCK Apple Music. I do not want it, and yet now I get that crap whenever I want to listen to my own library.

It's totally infuriating. I've had the same issue with a Homepod Mini - which suddenly started playing all this crap form Apple Music that I don't subscribe to. It made troubleshooting very difficult as it also signed me up for a trial which I never authorised.

So I thought initially Homepod was working by playing my music from my Apple Music Library (my own purchased and ripped CD music), when it was using Apple Music. I only noticed when the version of a song was the wrong cover art and a different mix!

I spent ages on the phone with Apple going on about this and she didn't believe me that I didn't authorise an Apple Music Trial! It seems Homepod does this automatically which is pretty low. Stop doing this Apple!

I am now on my 25th Homepod mini reset, wipe, downgrade to IOS 16.2 in an attempt to get this resolved, however, there are plenty of songs that will not play on my Homepod with Siri, yet worked perfectly on the iPhone.

I already have the Apple Music toggle OFF, but it still does not work. It's totally crappy software again from Apple.

Agreed, this is the last straw for me to. They are forcing their application on customers to squeeze more cash out of us, while seemingly cutting customer service department. I have spent hours on troubleshooting and usually know more than the support agents that I reach.

I'm fully updated to 16.3.1 and that toggle is not there. It wasn't available on the previous version either. If you have 16.2 and you have the toggle, don't update!