There was a time when iTunes was the epicenter of Apple’s music offering, but since Apple Music came along, everything has swung in that direction. And yes, it’s true that one of the ways to access Cupertino’s music subscription service from the Windows desktop (and so far only) is iTunes, but on macOS the application disappeared some time ago, and on iOS it is maintained, but only as a store. This alone gives us an idea of ​​the strategic importance of the subscription service in all of the company’s music propositions.

As a result, we recently saw the Apple Music catalog already reach 100 million songs, a more than remarkable milestone, achieved both through dealings with record companies and artists, as well as movements such as the acquisition of Primephonic, which is a sign that the company intends to not only build, but also significantly enrich its catalog in terms of diversity. And I repeat, 100 million songs, they say early, but it’s outrageous.

We also saw other very interesting events, like launching Apple Music Voice, the cheapest subscription modality and which offers access to the complete catalog, albeit exclusively through Siri, or direct broadcasting and of course a frontal blow to Spotify with the arrival of Apple Music HiFi without creating a specific plan and more expensive, for that purpose. Amazon responded within minutes, but Spotify still seems to be feeling the pinch.

And why did he mention iTunes at the beginning? To focus on more than just Apple Music as a streaming music service, but in an ecosystem of services around music. Some were related to content, like the direct ones I mentioned earlier, and others directly to functions during music playback. The area in which one of the most frequent requests from users is, of course, the text, i.e. being able to view the text of a song while listening and, if possible, also synchronize it with its reproduction.

This is a feature that has been present in Apple Music for several years, but until now it was not available from the web interface, which is one of the main ways of accessing the service for many users (especially Windows). However, as we can read in MacRumors, that is about to change, and it is Apple is already testing the display of lyrics in the web version of Apple Music.

Best of all, this feature is now in public beta can be tested by all users who want to. To do this, just go to the trial version of the website, beta.music.apple.com, and when you start playing a song, and if Apple Music has its lyrics, just click on the « bubble » that will appear in the upper right corner and it will automatically open on the right a panel in which you will see the text, in which the part of it that is currently being played will be highlighted.