I tried the Apple Music app for ChatGPT, and it felt like talking to a musicobsessed friend

Date:
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Description:
I tested the newly launched Apple Music app inside ChatGPT and found it to be a surprisingly intuitive way to discover and build playlists.

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ChatGPT has invited Apple Music to join its library of third-party apps , one that could shape how you find and organize music, even if you can't stream full songs through the AI chatbot .

Anyone can ask Apple Music through ChatGPT to make a playlist or find an
album or song, then play a short clip of the music the AI finds. If you're an Apple Music subscriber, you can link your account and save playlists directly to your Apple Music library.

You can directly request songs, or turn to the AI to curate your listening with prompts ranging from Make a 45-minute playlist for a fall dinner party
in upstate New York to Show me music to make my kid laugh. The app translates your requests into links and playlists you can instantly open in Apple Music.

You can set it up by going to the Apps section of ChatGPT, searching for
Apple Music, and connecting to your account or using it without an account. You can either pull up Apple Music by clicking on the plus sign in the text bar and choosing it, or start a prompt with "@Apple Music. ChatGPT may use it independently if your prompt indicates it would be appropriate. Apple Music ChatGPT (Image credit: ChatGPT)

Apple Music's leveraging of ChatGPT certainly makes it easier to find songs when all you have are vague descriptions or to make an afternoon playlist based on how you're feeling in the moment.

The Apple Music integration also benefits from ChatGPTs broader context awareness. In testing, I found that I could bring up music requests midway through a larger conversation, and ChatGPT would quietly open the Apple Music app to suggest relevant tracks or build a playlist based on the discussion.

At its best, Apple Musics ChatGPT app acts like the kind of friend who knows music better than you do and doesnt judge your vague descriptions. Just some emotional language, movie references, or even lyrics can all get you somewhere. Of course, you still need an Apple Music account to send the playlist and open Apple Music to hear the full songs.

The obvious comparison is Spotifys ChatGPT app , which launched earlier this year. Spotifys ChatGPT app is similar in many ways, using prompts to create playlists and so on. That said, Spotify lets both free users and subscribers connect their accounts and send playlists to the streaming platform.

Spotifys integration is also more personalized, using your listening history and interests to guide recommendations. Apples version currently builds playlists based on your actual prompts.

For example, when I asked each app to make me a playlist for reading by the fire on a snowy evening, Spotify leaned into my love of acoustic folk and moody lo-fi. At the same time, Apple Music offered a more general set of
piano jazz and mellow singer-songwriter tracks. Spotify clearly used some of the songs I've listened to before to make its list.

The Apple Music app in ChatGPT will be a boon for those who prefer the platform to Spotify and have an account. Apple may not have reinvented music playback with the app, but it does act as a signpost for not only what Apple might pursue in AI partnerships, but also how ChatGPT and other AI chatbots might incorporate bigger apps and products without replicating their work.

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