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Apple Music users will be able to record videos of themselves singing along to the lyrics of songs thanks to the Selfie Sing feature in iOS 27.3.
Apple Music is about to gain even more karaoke-like features in iOS 27.3. Users can already turn down vocals to sing along with highlighted lyrics thanks to Apple Music Sing, but soon the Selfie Sing feature will let them turn things up to eleven.
When a song is playing that works with the new Selfie Sing mode—specifically on iPhones running iOS 27.3—a new camera toggle will appear under the vocal audio volume control. Tapping this toggle will switch to a video recording feature that produces vertical video and also works with the iPhone Duo’s rear camera being used as a selfie camera.
Even though the Selfie Sing playlist will show up for anyone, the feature is only available on iPhones. Apple Insider points out that even an iPad Pro running iPadOS 27.3 will not be given the option to use the camera.
The Selfie Sing feature was first spotted by code sleuth Aaron Perris, whose video shows an Animoji being used—but this is simply an effort to avoid posting a video of himself singing to demonstrate the feature. Currently, Animoji use does not exist within Selfie Sing, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be implemented.
This isn’t the first time that Apple has made an effort to implement social media-forward features, but previous incarnations have mostly been in the Clips app. Now, having such a feature baked into Apple Music could lead to a social media trend if it catches on.
That said, other features of this caliber, like Apple’s SharePlay, have struggled to gain traction. That’s primarily because such gimmicks flourished during the pandemic, when people were by and large stuck at home. However, they immediately lost any traction they might have gained by 2021 when folks started going outside again.
Nevertheless, singing along to music was the whole concept on which TikTok precursor Musical.ly was based, and there’s always the chance something like that could become lightning in a bottle. It remains to be seen whether Apple Music’s Selfie Sing will achieve similar success, but it is likely to be an enjoyable gimmick.
