I would like to see Apple add an option to remove the blur from the background, akin to the Reduce Transparency setting in Accessibility. It’s a mash of old and new, and I increasingly feel that Apple should’ve made a clean break by giving Apple Music its own standalone app, even if it coexists alongside the mashup app that shows everything at once. There’s no clear indication that this here is streaming and that over there is purchased, for instance. I think a big part of my problem in getting around is that Apple effectively bolted the streaming service onto the legacy music stuff.
I’m not a UI designer, but one potential fix could be to make Apple Music a standalone app. Apple Music’s UI is chock-full of buttons, drop-down menus, and buttons that look like words-it has so much going on, it’s visually overwhelming. Constantly moving my eyes to find what I’m looking for is tiring, and ultimately worsens the experience. The more content an app puts onscreen, the harder it becomes to focus my eyes on what I want. The interface got cleaned up in iOS 9 (right), but it’s still hard for me to read, especially those tiny tappable targets up top.įrom an accessibility perspective, this is troublesome for people like myself who suffer from low vision. My eyes are constantly moving (and straining) to find a button or option.Īpple Music launched on iOS 8.4 (left), which was very cluttered. There’s just so much going on in Apple Music-buttons everywhere!-that it makes it hard for me to find things. Apple decided to integrate Apple Music into iOS’s Music app, but I’m not convinced that was the best approach. The biggest problem I have using Apple Music is getting around.
While none of these issues is severe enough to be a deal breaker, as a group they hamer the experience and are worth examining from an accessibility point of view. At times I find Apple Music difficult to navigate, due to the cluttered interface and small labels and controls.
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