As noticed by MacRumors earlier today, the iOS 14.5 beta appears to let you set third-party music services as default with Siri. This means you can ask Siri to play a particular song or album and it’ll go straight to Spotify or YouTube Music. Currently, Siri only searches and plays things from whatever music you have in the Apple Music app, be it your own collection of songs or the Apple Music subscription catalog.
Previously, Siri would only search for music via Apple Music, whether it’s songs you have downloaded to your device or whatever Apple could find in its own catalog.
You can also ask Siri to play music from a specific streaming service, but you have to specify which one, adding a few extra steps to an already easy process.
Once iOS 14.5 is installed, Siri will ask you what music service you want to use; then, it will get permission from your music app. Once that’s done, it’ll play from that service by default.
The iOS 14.5 beta was released into the wild last week and features some exciting updates. Most notably, the ability to unlock an iPhone using an Apple Watch when wearing a facemask. iOS 14.5 is expected to be rolled out sometime later this month.
