Waze Adds Apple Music Integration

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25 MAY 2022 - If you’re a Waze user and an Apple Music listener, doing both at once got easier on Tuesday. The navigation app Waze announced on its blog this week that Apple Music now works through its application. “With a direct connection between the apps,” Waze says users “can now access Apple Music content directly from the Waze Audio Player.”

Sort of surprising that this has taken as long as it has. A piece on the announcement from TechCrunch says Waze intro’d its Audio Player over a year ago. Since then it’s added integrations “with several audio partners, including Audible, Deezer, NPR, iHeartRadio, Pandora, YouTube Music and Amazon Music,” according to the report. Even before the Audio Player, Waze has featured Spotify integration since 2017.

Water under the bridge. Spilt milk. Milk… under the bridge. Apple Music integration is possible now. To activate it, TechCrunch says:

• Open the Waze app

• Tap the music note icon to select Apple Music

• Start listening

• Drive safely

Those last two were mine, though I’m sure TechCrunch would also like you to drive safely.