Sony Q3 Profit Jumps on Gaming and Image Sensors, Full-Year Outlook Raised 
Washington Post Publisher Will Lewis Steps Down After Layoffs 
Alphabet’s Massive AI Spending Surge Signals Confidence in Google’s Growth Engine 
Baidu Approves $5 Billion Share Buyback and Plans First-Ever Dividend in 2026 
Oracle Plans $45–$50 Billion Funding Push in 2026 to Expand Cloud and AI Infrastructure 
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge 
CK Hutchison Launches Arbitration After Panama Court Revokes Canal Port Licences 
Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch 
Tencent Shares Slide After WeChat Restricts YuanBao AI Promotional Links 
Nasdaq Proposes Fast-Track Rule to Accelerate Index Inclusion for Major New Listings 
Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate 
SoftBank Shares Slide After Arm Earnings Miss Fuels Tech Stock Sell-Off 
American Airlines CEO to Meet Pilots Union Amid Storm Response and Financial Concerns 
SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates 
OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering 
Instagram Outage Disrupts Thousands of U.S. Users 
TSMC Eyes 3nm Chip Production in Japan with $17 Billion Kumamoto Investment 
Apple Music subscribers will have more things to do with the app that should come in handy for upcoming holiday celebrations. Apple announced this week that it is launching the Apple Music Sing functionality soon.
The Apple Music app already supports a lyrics view that lets subscribers sing along to their favorite songs. But the upcoming Sing feature will improve upon that experience by adding adjustable vocals.
In a product brief for the new feature, Apple says the Sing functionality will introduce a new built-in slider when switching to the lyrics view. TechCrunch reported that this feature uses an on-device machine learning algorithm instead of actually adding new tracks without vocals, which is quite common on YouTube.
Apple Music’s built-in slider in the lyrics view will allow users to adjust the vocal volume of a song they are playing. So subscribers can choose to minimize the original vocals for a solo karaoke experience or still hear some of it to guide them as they sing. It is also possible to mix it up as if they are dueting with their favorite artists.
“We already know our users all over the world love to follow along to their favorite songs,” Oliver Schusser, Apple VP of Apple Music and Beats, said. “So we wanted to evolve this offering even further to enable even more engagement around music through singing.”
The tech giant confirmed that the Apple Music Sing feature would be supported on “compatible” iPhones and iPads. It will also launch on the Apple Music app for the new Apple TV 4K, which should offer a fun activity for friends and families gathering this holiday.
Apple is also applying some changes to the Apple Music lyrics view as part of the Sing feature. The announcement said users will find “animated lyrics that dance to the rhythm of the vocals.” Once the Sing feature is live, Apple Music will also add 50 playlists with songs that are “fully optimized” for the new experience.
As with previously added features, there was no mention of any additional cost to experience the Sing feature. So Apple Music subscribers do not have to pay more to use the app for karaoke sessions.
Apple did not mention a specific release date for the new feature. But the company said Apple Music subscribers worldwide would be able to experience Sing later this month.
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
