Apple Music Classical adds CarPlay and Siri support

You can now enjoy Apple Music Classical on the road per new updates Apple made Tuesday in version 2.1 of the app. It added CarPlay and Siri support to the service, in addition to other minor improvements to raise the quality level.

“Hey, Siri, crank up Brahms’ Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, and rip the knob off,” is something you could try saying as you drive around. But will the silence remain?

Apple Music Classical adds CarPlay and Siri support (v2.1)

With the Apple Music Classical 2.1 update, you now get a full version of Apple’s classical music service in your car, if it supports CarPlay. Your music library, playlists and recommendations will be available, according to reports in MacRumors and elsewhere. “It let’s you Liszt-en in your car,” punned The Verge. This follows the brief appearance of CarPlay support in the app earlier this year, but it got withdrawn.

The update also enables Siri support in Apple Music Classical. With the voice assistant on iOS 18.1 and later, you can search for works, artists, composers and even types of instrument. Supported languages currently, with more likely to follow, include English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

When Apple Music Classical launched in March 2023, it appeared to come out of Apple’s acquisition of Primephonic in 2021. The specialty offshoot from Apple Music brought more than 5 million classical music tracks for free to current subscribers. Downloaders found advanced search functionality, recommendations and plenty of information about artists and their music in the new app.

Download Apple Music Classical from: App Store

More from Cult of Mac about Apple Music Classical:

• Over 50,000 album booklets now on Apple Music Classical
• Apple Music Classical expands to iPad
• Here’s your introduction to Apple Music Classical
• Apple Music Classical now playing on Android
• Apple Music Classical app steps onto the conductor’s podium