Queue up your music on iPad

Use the queue to see a list of upcoming songs, add songs and videos to the queue, and see what you recently played.

Use the queue

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
While a song is playing, tap the MiniPlayer to open the Now Playing screen.
Tap [the Queue button], then tap a song to play it and the songs that follow.
To reorder the list, drag [the Reorder button]. To do more, see Manage the queue.
Tap [the Queue button] again to hide the queue.

Add music and videos to the queue

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
While browsing or playing music, touch and hold a song, album, playlist, or video, then choose an option:
- Add music right after the currently playing item: Tap Play Next.
- Add music to the end of the queue: Tap Play After or Add to Queue.

Tip: If youre using HomePod to stream music and your friends are on the same Wi-Fi network, they can add items to the queue. To learn more about HomePod speaker access, see the HomePod User Guide.

Use AutoPlay to add songs to the queue

If youre an Apple Music subscriber and youre not sure what to play next, use AutoPlay. Once you play something, AutoPlay adds similar songs and plays them at the end of the queue. When AutoPlay is on and a song is playing, the AutoPlay icon [] appears at the top of the queue.

[The Now Playing screen showing the queue with AutoPlay and AutoMix turned on. Similar songs appear below the songs in the album.]

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
While a song is playing, tap the MiniPlayer to open the Now Playing screen.
Tap [the Playing Next button], then tap [the AutoPlay button] at the top of the queue to turn AutoPlay on.
When AutoPlay is on, the button changes color. Tap it again to turn it off.
Note: When you turn off AutoPlay on a device that uses your Apple Accountyour iPad, for exampleAutoPlay is turned off on all other devices that use the same Apple Account.

Manage the queue

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
While a song is playing, tap the MiniPlayer to open the Now Playing screen.
Tap [the Playing Next button], then do any of the following:
- Change the order of songs in the queue: Drag the songs into the order you want them to play.
- Add more songs to the queue: Scroll below the queue, then tap Add Songs to Queue.
- Remove a song from the queue: Swipe left on the song, then tap Remove.
- See how many songs are in the queue: Scroll to the bottom of the queue.
  When multiple songs are repeating, you can see how many songs will be repeated instead.
- Remove all songs from the queue: Tap Clear at the top of the queue.

Tip: If youre using HomePod to stream music and your friends are on the same Wi-Fi network, they can reorder items in the queue. To learn more about HomePod speaker access, see the HomePod User Guide.

See what you recently played

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
While a song is playing, tap the MiniPlayer to open the Now Playing screen.
Tap [the Queue button], then swipe down to see your playing history.
To play a song in the history, tap it. To remove your playing history, tap Clear.

Turn on or off song transitions in the queue

Go to the Music app [] on your iPad.
Tap [the Playing Next button], then tap [the AutoMix button] or [the Crossfade button] in the top-right corner to turn on or off AutoMix or Crossfade.
To change between AutoMix or Crossfade, see Change how music transitions.

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