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Airplay symbol button is missing in music app in IOS7

Hi apple support,



in IOS 7 there is no more the airplay button accessable directly in the Music app in IOS 7.

I know that airplay is available in the new controlcenter, but it now is significantly less convenient to access.

It now requires 5 times a finger movement/press to change to an airplay device than before where it was 2.

IOS7:

1. Slide up to open control centre.

2. Press Airplay

3. Choose the Airplay device

4. Press Done

5. Slide down or press home button to close control centre



IOS6:

1. Press Airplay symbol in music app

2. Choose Airplay device



This change is not really understandable, especially considering that this funtion obviously is used often and where in Videos playback the button still exists!



This is a step back!



And a bug: When using the music app in portrait mode, then opening control centre (which is correctly in portrait mode too) then pressing airplay, the new airplay menu opens in landscape mode!



Please go back to having the Airplay symbol button next to the controls (previous, play, next) like before! Also on the lock screen.


Or maybe i was missing something here?



Thanks

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 12:30 AM

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May 11, 2014 6:52 AM in response to rallig

STill no news for this: ios8 is my last hope to get the good old airplay behavior that we are all looking for. But it's probably too late for me:


AIrplay was my no1 issue for the ios7 apple music app, but there is many others usuability issue with this app such as the "grey" title that are not playable, or overall itunes usability. So since ios7 I finally moved off my music from my ipad because of these issue:

After trying many ipad music app I finally bought an cheap android tablet, dedicated to stream my music lib. Just great.

Jun 19, 2014 4:21 PM in response to rallig

Oh my God in Heaven. What a huge mistake upgrading to iOS 7 was. Not like I had a choice, as I was forced to do so in order to use certain apps. Losing the Airplay icon in the iPhone music player is just another example of how Apple is making their software worse and less user-friendly ever since OS X Lion. If I'm going to lose functionality and have to fight my software to get it to behave how I want, I'd just as soon use Linux and Android. I am SO DONE.

Jul 5, 2014 11:51 AM in response to unknoahble

This is why I still use Windows despite all its problems. Removing the icon for music and other native apps assume that users have not turned off control center on applications which is what the purist Apple know-it-alls want. There is something decidely elitist about the way things are done at Apple. They know best. The adage, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" governs here, ie control center must be everywhere.

Airplay symbol button is missing in music app in IOS7

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