Why on earth would Apple drop the ability to "CREATE A GENIUS PLAYLIST" with the latest iOS update - 10.2.1 for iPhones and iPod touch?
I would hope it was just a slip and will return with the next update. Anybody know?
iPhone 6s
And that is the way it still looks on my older iPod Touch which is still on iOS version 9.3.5. But my iPhone and new iPod Touch are both upgraded to version 10.2.1 and that all changes. Here is what it looks like now by touching the only ellipsis at bottom right.
Yes, I agree with you...but I suspect that Apple is going with Apple Music as a source of profit over Genius. In which case, I'm not sure you should be optimistic about Genius "coming back."
As these threads attest, you're not the only frustrated one:
Genius not working (iTunes 12.3.3.17)
MacBook Pro/iTunes: genius not working anymore
Interestingly, you can still opt to update Genius on the Mac - but not iOS.
I agree with poikkeus1, I think the removal has a lot to do with Apple Music. I'm an iTunes Match user and I have noticed that the Genius service on iTunes has not been working with new music and the only information I have gotten from Apple regarding it is that they are 'investigating'.
If it is a service from Apple you find useful, it might help to send feedback
That links just tells me all about Genius - which I know already. It does not answer why the option to start a Genius playlist is no longer available on my iPhone. Have you tried it since the last update?
In your case, it's best to build a Genius playlist around the track.
1. Choose a track on your iTunes playlist - a good candidate for a Genius playlist.
2. Look near the bottom of the screen. On the right, near the edge, you'll see three red periods. Tap the thee periods.
3. The screen will give you four options; choose "Create Genius Playlist" - and follow the instructions from there.
I know how to do that - on the old iOS - but now that 4th option is GONE. After tapping the three dots now - you get these three choices: 1) Delete from Library 2) Add to a Playlist 3) Share Song. Then there are two choices to Love or Dislike. No where does it show "Create Genius Playlist".
If you're viewing a single song, there are three different "ellipses":
One is near the top: it has a disk, heart, and an ellipsis.
The second is about a third of the way up: it has a disk, a track's time, and an ellipsis.
The third is in the whitish strip near the bottom, on the right. To use Genius Playlist, use only the ellipsis in the white strip, at the bottom.
Poikkeus - I would love to see what you are describing, but I see none of that when I view a single song on my iPhone 6. I would love to be able to send you a screenshot of what I am seeing and then see what I'm doing wrong. There is only one ellipses on my screen and it the three red dots in the bottom right corner. When I tap it - I get the choices I described in my last response. Want to email me personally and exchange screenshots. I would so love to figure this out.
So Poikkeus - do you agree now that with the latest iOS update - that Apple hopefully just screwed up and left off the option to start a Genius playlist from a single song? Someone postulated that they might have dropped it because Genius does not work with Apple Music. I certainly hope that is NOT the case - I don't do Apple Music anyway. I hope it comes back with the next update.
I made this image, using the ellipsis at the white part of the strip, at the bottom.
Here's what the single song looks like before tapping the ellipsis.
No Genius on latest iOS update?? Why??
