How to find friends in apple music

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Apple Music allows you to follow your friends to find out what they're listening to, and it makes it easy to share all your favorite playlists, too. This guide shows you how to set up an Apple Music profile and walks you through the process of adding friends.

Before you begin adding friends to Apple Music, you'll need to create an Apple Music profile. It only takes a few minutes, and you can do it from either your Mac, or from a device like an iPhone, iPad, or even an iPod touch.

How to set up an Apple Music profile on your Mac

  1. Open the Music app
  2. Click For You
  3. In the upper-right corner of the app, click your photo
  4. Click Get Started
  5. Create a username
  6. Click Done

How to set up an Apple Music profile on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open the Music app
  2. Tap For You
  3. In the upper-right corner of the app, tap your photo
  4. Tap See What Friends Are Listening To
  5. Create a username
  6. Tap Done

Once you set up your profile, you can start adding friends and sharing playlists with them. You can do this on your Mac or your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

How to follow people on Apple Music on your Mac

  1. Open the Music app
  2. Click For You
  3. In the upper-right corner of the app, click your photo
  4. Click Find More Friends

How to follow people on Apple Music on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open the Music app
  2. Tap For You
  3. In the upper-right corner of the app, click your photo
  4. Click Follow Friends

Once you are in Follow Friends or Find More Friends you can search for contacts by Apple ID or username, as well as link your Facebook account.

You can easily follow people on Apple Music by setting up a profile. mirtmirt/Shutterstock

It's easy to find and follow people in the Apple Music app — whether it's friends, family, or coworkers.

While Apple Music used to allow users to follow artists as well, it removed the feature in 2018. However, you can still follow friends to see what others are listening to — similar to Spotify.

To do so, you'll just have to set up an account. If you've already done so, you can easily add people by accessing your account details in the "For You" tab at any time.

Here's how to follow people on Apple Music on your mobile app. 

1. Open the Apple Music app on your mobile device.

2. Tap on the "For You" tab underneath the heart icon at the bottom of the screen.

3. Tap on the profile icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. If you haven't set up an account yet, it will appear as a person icon (as opposed to a profile photo or your initials).

Tap on the "For You" tab. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

4. Tap "See what Friends Are Listening To." to set up your profile.

Tap to see what your friends are listening to. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

5. Tap the pink "Get Started" button to begin.

Tap the "Get started" button. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

6. Personalize your name, username, and add a profile photo if you'd like by clicking on the appropriate entries.

7. Tap the pink "Continue to Find Contacts" button when you're ready to move on.

Continue to the next step. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

8. Tap to follow any of your contacts who are currently sharing music. This will change the pink "Follow" button to a gray "Following" button.

You also have the option to connect to Facebook at the top to view your Facebook friend's profiles. Additionally, if you scroll down, you can invite contacts from your phone who use Apple Music but don't currently have accounts set up. 

9. Tap "Next."

Follow friends and tap "Next." Marissa Perino/Business Insider

10. Specify your notification settings for friend activity and new shows. Switch toggles from green to gray to turn on or off. 

11. Tap "Done" to complete the process.

Tap "Done." Marissa Perino/Business Insider

1. Open the Apple Music app on your device.

2. Tap on the "For You" tab underneath the heart icon at the bottom of the screen. 

3. Tap on the profile icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. If you've already set up your account, your initials or profile picture will appear in a circle.

Tap to open your profile. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

4. Click "View Profile" at the top.

You can view your profile options. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

5. Scroll down to the bottom to see who you are currently following.

6. Tap "Follow More Friends" to reopen the contacts page.

7. Click to follow any of your contacts who are currently sharing music. This will change the pink "Follow" button to a gray "Following" button. You also have the option to connect to Facebook at the top to view your Facebook friend's profiles or invite contacts from your phone who use Apple Music but don't currently have accounts set up.

Tap to follow more friends. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

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