How to view the previously played songs in iOS 10?

thanks idris!!!

it was just rhetorical and also when I call out jony ive, plain (well intended) irony 🙂

and yes, as you so pointedly suggest, I had already sent a full "appreciation" report to the feedback section;

I was just reaching out to a user whose legitimate query hadn't been addressed just yet to provide him with the kind of (hopefully detailed and useful) information I wish someone at apple would provide when they decide to transition to a new version and slash certain features; techies like to boast about new features in their release notes, but rarely (if ever) descend to inform the rest of us (mere users) about their "crippling" decisions;

it's been an (unambiguous) pleasure to meet you!!!

p.s.: don't you miss some of the old AM 1.0 features?

reggaera wrote:

I was just reaching out to a user whose legitimate query hadn't been addressed just yet to provide him with the kind of (hopefully detailed and useful) information I wish someone at apple would provide when they decide to transition to a new version and slash certain features;

Hmm. Mostly I saw your opinion about the changes. Where was this detailed and useful information you provided? I must have missed it.

p.s.: don't you miss some of the old AM 1.0 features?

No, not really.

my bad, idris, sorry 😕

the information I was referring to belongs to another thread (see here: Apple Music Playlists versus Spotify Playlist)

turns out, I wrote several posts yesterday and I mistakenly implied you comment was in reply to the the post in the link above;

a more thorough version of my impressions can be found here:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-bad-about-iOS-10/answer/Carlos-Regueira

it's great to have found such a responsive forum counterpart 🙂

thank you (from spain) and sorry again!!!

I thought it's also via iTunes possible?

I have to check the most recent version of iTunes (maybe they got rid of the history there as well).

There was that little button showing upcoming tracks but also recently played trsxks

This is the best solution that I could come up with, and it'd actually pretty handy even if Apple were to bring back the old way of viewing previously played tracks.

First, open iTunes. At the top of your screen go to File > New > Smart Playlist

A window for creating the rules of a smart playlist should appear. Here's what you'll want to choose for the parameters:

- In the first drop down menu, select Last Played

- In the second drop down menu, select "in the last"

- In the third box, enter the NUMBER and MEASUREMENTS of time you want your previously played list to go back to. For example, I chose "1" and "days", so that means I can see all the songs I played within the last 24 hours. You can select any number of days, weeks, or months you'd like.

- Ensure that the top box (next to the word "Match") is checked off, as well as the box at the bottom ("Live Updating").

Now you have created a new playlist that will display previously played songs from however far back you chose! And since it's a smart playlist, it updates live on the fly!

You can arrange the playlist in any order you like, but I chose to arrange mine in order of Most Recently Played to best mimic the old way of viewing previously played songs. To do this, simply go up to the top of the screen, select View > View As > Songs. Then go back up to View > Show View Options > put a check next to "Last Played".

A new "Last Played" column will appear in your playlist and you can click the header of that column to arrange your music by Most Recently Played (or Least Recently Played if you like 😉).

Now that you've got your playlist, you just need to sync it with your iPhone next time you connect it and voila! You can see all your most recently played music in one easy-to-find playlist!

Keep in mind that iTunes considers a song "played" when it is played in it's entirety, so if you skip a song halfway through I don't think it gets added to the playlist.

Hope this helps!

There's a big difference with iOS 10 and 10.2 when it come to Apple Music... there was only a brief time where you could see your past history. Now I'm using 10.2 and there's only up next with one song listed. They completely removed the history all together. I am streaming radio stations. I'm pretty sure it works with your actual music library

Hand shake,

Thanks for the suggestion. It seems to be working. I say seems because I listen on several devices. It looks like the playlist may be recording the songs on that device, but is not synced with the other devices. Right? Any way to sinc?

That only shows you the recently played radio station not the songs.

Thanks and Peace to ya!

First it was cover flow and then apple started gradually removing features from music. I'm getting sick of Apple Music being remodeled every year.

Such a good archive of songs but such a woeful interface/player. No history? Please! I'll be going to Spotify.

THIS This one works. Though I don't know why I have to wade through this much f*ckery just to obtain a song that played 5 minutes ago.

Brilliant solution. Thanks