The delayed collaborative Apple Music playlist surfaces in iOS 17.3 beta 1،
Concerned about abuse and spam, Apple removed the Apple Music collaborative playlist feature from iOS 17.2. With Collaborative Playlist, friends and family members can make changes to your playlist, including adding/removing songs and reordering the list. In “Now Playing,” the same friends and family members can react to a particular song using an emoji. Apple has reportedly pushed back the release of this feature to an unknown date next year.
Apple Music Collaborative Playlist may not be available to all iPhone users with an eligible device until 2024, when the final version of iOS 17.3 is released. But for those who install iOS 17.3 beta 1, the feature is available now. It's unclear whether Apple will keep the Apple Music collaborative playlist on the final version of the update. Hell, Apple might even decide to remove it from iOS 17.3 beta 2.
By default, only the person who created the playlist, i.e. the device owner, will be able to add songs to the playlist. However, the feature will allow the device owner to change settings that will allow others to decide what songs should be in the playlist and in what order they should play them. And if someone gets tired of a particular song in the playlist, they can delete it.
Apple Music collaborative playlist returns in iOS 17.3 beta 1
Still, if you want to check it out while you can, you can join Apple's beta program by visiting beta.apple.com or by clicking on this link. Sign up for the beta program and once you do, go to Settings > General > Software update and you will see a line at the top of the screen for beta updates. Tap on this line and press iOS 17 public beta version and you will receive the update.
Keep in mind that beta versions are not stable and if a feature you need on a daily basis is affected, you may need to clear the beta, which will wipe your phone. If you have saved a backup, you can recover your data by installing the backup. Frankly, if having the Apple Music collaborative playlist isn't important to you, you might as well wait to see if it survives until the final version of iOS 17.3 which will probably take place next month.
