Listening to music can be an inherently personal experience, especially if you have a long list of favorite artists and albums. One of the best ways to enjoy a vast library of high-quality streaming songs is with an Apple Music subscription. Don’t worry if you’re not an iPhone or MacBook enthusiast, Apple Music is a great platform that many Android enthusiasts can get behind. The app offers an intuitive interface for creating playlists, sharing songs and adjusting playback settings. Regarding the latter, Apple Music even allows you to customize transitions between songs thanks to a feature called Crossfade.
When enabled, the crossfade gradually fades out towards the end of a song and moves to the next track in your queue. Crossfade is available for both the iOS and Android versions of the Apple Music app, and enabling it is quite simple. For iPhone users, open Settings, then tap Apps > Music > Song Transitions > Crossfade. For Android users, you need to launch Apple Music first, then tap the three vertical dots icon > Settings > Audio > Crossfade.
If you want longer or shorter song transitions, you can use the app’s slider for a longer or shorter transition time. There is another type of Apple Music transition that is enabled by default for iOS 26 users: AutoMix. This is a feature worth exploring, but it’s locked to iOS devices because it uses Apple Intelligence to emulate a live DJ.
Crossfade and AutoMix are great for long listening sessions, but the latter is exclusive to Apple devices
Apple’s iOS 26 turned out to be one of the most significant software updates the iPhone has ever received. In addition to the new Liquid Glass UI overhaul, the update introduced AutoMix functionality. Cut from the same cloth as Crossfade, AutoMix is an iOS-exclusive transition that seamlessly transitions from one track to the next. AutoMix likes to keep your toes tapping, and often does so by removing silent passages and longer fade-out/fade-in sequences. The feature isn’t available for all albums and genres, but it’s a lot of fun to use.
If you want to turn off AutoMix on an iPhone, simply launch Apple Music, then tap the MiniPlayer, followed by the Up Next button. Tap AutoMix to turn it off (or back on). If you prefer to use Crossfade, tap the icon that looks like an X (this is the Crossfade button). You can also choose to have no transitions between songs, which may be preferred by those who don’t want tracks to be edited.
It’s also worth mentioning that Spotify supports the same type of music transitions; the features even have the same names as in Apple Music, but with a lowercase “m” in Automix (Apple had to be quite Apple about the capitalization of AutoMix).
