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Using siri or voice control with music, Browsing album artwork in cover flow, Viewing tracks on an album – Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 User Manual

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Using Siri or Voice Control with Music

You can use Siri (iPhone 4S) or Voice Control to control music playback on iPhone. See
Chapter 4, “Siri,” on page 39 and “Voice Control” on page 30.

Control music playback

Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause” or “pause music.” You can
also say “next song” or “previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist

Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist” and the name.

Shuffle the current playlist

Say “shuffle.”

Find out more about the currently
playing song

Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this
song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs

Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.”

Cancel Voice Control

Say “cancel” or “stop.”

Browsing album artwork in Cover Flow

When you browse music, rotate iPhone to see your iTunes content in Cover Flow and browse your
music by album artwork.

Browse album artwork: Drag left or right.

See the tracks on an album

Tap the album artwork or . Drag up or down to scroll; tap a track to play it.

Return to the artwork

Tap the title bar. Or tap again.

Viewing tracks on an album

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: On the Now Playing screen,
tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen.

Rating bar

Return to the Now

Playing screen.

Album tracks

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings when creating smart
playlists in iTunes.

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