'Spotify Connect destroys Apple Music on this specific': Apple Music fans still can't believe the platform is behind on continuity features, but that's not the only thing that bothers them

Apple Music users ask for better playback tools like Spotify Connect
At the moment, Apple Music doesn’t let you pick up where you left off when you switch devices
Subscribers hope some improvements will be announced at WWDC 2026, but chances are slim

For hardcore Apple Music subscribers, the platform has everything you could need from a music streaming service, but it’s missing one feature that’s integral to almost all of its rivals, and its continuity between devices.

While Apple Music has it all, from Dolby Atmos-compatible albums, a clean interface, and lossless audio at no extra cost, users have been asking the company to update its device switching feature that allows you to transfer music to other devices and pick up where you left off in your listening sessions.

This has been a common annoyance for users for years, and a recent post on Reddit (see below) reveals that this frustration is only growing. Although AirPlay lets you stream videos, music, and other media from your iPhone to compatible devices like Apple TV 4K, if you want to switch from your iPhone to a smart speaker to play Apple Music, for example, it doesn’t resume your listening session like Spotify Connect does.

Users crave the ‘single feature’

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There is no doubt that those who love Apple Music love Apple Music: Spotify is not even remotely an option for them. That said, the Reddit thread has gotten something I never thought I’d see: Apple Music subscribers across the board are praising Spotify.

Despite Spotify’s poorer audio quality and clunky interface, things Apple Music subscribers still criticize, Spotify Connect “is the one critical feature Apple is missing,” as one user puts it.

Another Apple Music user points out that although they abandoned Spotify for Apple Music, it is the tool they miss the most; “This is the worst thing about Apple Music. In the Green Disco All app, I can play from any player or control any player.”

Among Spotify’s enthusiastic comments, a handful of users have wondered if this is a patent standing in the way. Although one user mentioned that Spotify apparently has a patent on its Connect tool, others were quick to point out that this doesn’t mean companies won’t be able to develop similar features on their own. It’s a matter of simply building around it, as we’ve seen with Tidal, so it could be the case that Apple is happy enough with the current version of AirPlay, even if it has a bad reputation.

Aside from continued playback, users in the same Reddit thread have taken the opportunity to shed light on other features that Apple needs to improve, such as the search bar.

For many, and I include myself in this, Apple Music’s search function does not work as well as Spotify. A user says what we are all thinking; With Spotify, you can type less than half a word and it will give you exactly what you’re looking for. However, with Apple Music, the search results are not as fast or comprehensive, so it requires a little more effort.

However, there are only a few weeks left until Apple’s WWDC 2026 event begins on June 8, where we expect to see some iOS 27 updates, so it leaves a perfect gap for the company to resolve some issues, but users still think it’s a long shot.

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