DrivePlay 1.3

Since the beginning of DrivePlay, I have always strived to create an amazing experience for playing music while you drive. We created DrivePlay to be extremely easy and safe to control Now Playing music from the Apple Music app. Over the past few months, we added features like Recently Played to allow users to play music straight from DrivePlay. While these features were great, they didn't give users the control I wanted. That changes today.

Introducing the biggest update DrivePlay has seen since its conception. In DrivePlay 1.3, Apple Music is integrated deeply into the experience. You can now browse your library or discover new music from the entire Apple Music catalog.

DrivePlay 1.3 introduces songs, albums, playlists, artists, search, quick actions, the queue, and even more! This is a massive step in creating the perfect music player for the car. I hope you all thoroughly enjoy it and I cannot wait for the future of DrivePlay!

Check out the full release notes:

BROWSE

Quickly and easily play your favorite music from Apple Music, without leaving DrivePlay

• Curated sections like Heavy Rotation, Recommended, and Recently Added

• Custom sections like albums and playlists

• Add, remove, and rearrange sections

• Choose between two sizes to layout music however you like

SEARCH

Search the entirety of the Apple Music catalog

• Easily find what you’re looking for

• Search albums, playlists, artists, and songs

QUEUE

Add songs, playlists, and albums to the Up Next queue

• Add from anywhere within Browse using quick actions

• Add to the top or the bottom of the queue

DESIGN

DrivePlay is always designed to be beautiful, very simple, and safe to use while driving

• Large, high-contrast design throughout albums, playlists, and artists

• Long-press to open quick action menus to add to queue, play, and more

• We prioritized using less taps, and more easy-to-use gestures to quickly navigate Browse

OTHER THINGS

• Control now playing music while browsing using the MiniPlayer

• New, more comprehensive privacy sheets, letting you know exactly what we need and why

• Design fixes and improvements, especially for devices running iOS 12 and bellow

• Bug fixes and additional improvements