HOW TO Use Vinyls with your music

Give permission

Vinyls needs your permission for two things: to connect to other devices such as your Apple TV, and to connect to your Music app and Apple Music account. Vinyls doesn’t currently support other music services.

Pick your player

There are lots of options in the Settings section, including some useful ones for people who need to reduce motion. The first section of Settings is all about the visuals: you can choose what bits you’d like to see on screen.

Bring up extras

In addition to AirPlay (to stream to smart TVs, speakers, and Apple TV), you can also long–press on the record to bring up this menu. This gives you Repeat and two Shuffle options, and it also enables AR mode.

Pick a song

Vinyls looks similar to the Music app — the sidebar shows playlists, artists, and albums; the selected playlist is in a second panel, then the selected song is in the main window. Swipe the playlist sidebar in and out.

Focus on fingers

Scroll down further to see the options for gestures, which you can use to control the app. There are two kinds of gestures here: presses/swipes with your finger, and taps from the second–generation Apple Pencil.

Put the record anywhere

AR mode is fun. Point your camera at something, tap where you want your record to go and it starts spinning in place. The virtual record player components aren’t displayed.