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How To Share Music On FaceTime iOS 15

Use the new iOS 15 SharePlay feature to its fullest!
Last Updated on July 15, 2024
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Learning how to share music on FaceTime iOS 15 is a great way to set a mood for your conversations with friends and family over FaceTime. Before you all get excited about blasting Metallica in your mother’s ears, this feature is part of the SharePlay functionality. 

SharePlay has been delayed to fall 2021 for reasons known only to Apple, which means fun features like understanding how to share music on FaceTime iOS 15 are out of reach for a few months.

How To Share Music On FaceTime iOS 15

How To Share Music On FaceTime iOS 15

The good news is that SharePlay functionality was live in the majority of iOS 15 beta releases, which means we still know how to share music on FaceTime iOS 15. Let’s get into it:

Start a FaceTime Chat

How To Share Music On FaceTime iOS 15

Get together with your bestie on FaceTime. Once you’re loaded up and chatting away, continue to the next step.

Open Apple Music

How To Share Music On FaceTime iOS 15

Flip to your iPhone or Apple device home screen and open Apple Music. Find the song you want to share and tap ‘Play’, the SharePlay pop-up will then appear asking if you want to SharePlay to everyone or play just for you.

At the time of writing, SharePlay isn’t available. But fingers crossed by Christmas 2021 we’ll be sharing our music playlists with our FaceTime chats worldwide. 

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