iPad User Guide
-
Welcome
-
Supported models
-
What’s new in iPadOS 14
-
-
Wake and unlock
-
Adjust the volume
-
Change or turn off sounds
-
Access features from the Lock Screen
-
Open apps on the Home Screen
-
Take a screenshot or screen recording
-
Change or lock the screen orientation
-
Change the wallpaper
-
Zoom an app to fill the screen
-
Drag and drop
-
Search with iPad
-
Use AirDrop to send items
-
Perform quick actions
-
Use and customize Control Center
-
Add widgets to the Home Screen
-
Charge and monitor the battery
-
Learn the meaning of the status icons
-
Travel with iPad
-
-
-
-
View maps
-
-
Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
-
Choose your preferred type of travel
-
Get driving directions
-
Get cycling directions
-
Find places to stop
-
Get walking directions
-
Get transit directions
-
See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
-
Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
-
Select other route options
-
Get directions between places other than your current location
-
Delete recently viewed directions
-
Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
-
-
Help improve Maps
-
-
-
View photos and videos
-
Delete and hide photos and videos
-
Edit photos and videos
-
Edit Live Photos
-
Edit Portrait mode photos
-
Organize photos in albums
-
Search in Photos
-
Share photos and videos
-
View Memories
-
Find people in Photos
-
Browse photos by location
-
Use iCloud Photos
-
Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
-
Use My Photo Stream
-
Import photos and videos
-
Print photos
-
-
Shortcuts
-
Stocks
-
Tips
-
-
Accessories included with iPad
-
-
Set up AirPods
-
Charge AirPods
-
Start and stop audio playback
-
Change the AirPods volume
-
Make and answer calls with AirPods
-
Switch AirPods between devices
-
Use Siri with AirPods
-
Listen and respond to messages
-
Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
-
Change noise control modes
-
Control spatial audio
-
Restart AirPods
-
Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
-
Use other Bluetooth headphones
-
Use EarPods
-
Check headphone and environmental sound levels
-
-
HomePod and other wireless speakers
-
Apple Watch with Fitness+
-
Cases and covers
-
Printers
-
-
-
Share your internet connection
-
Make and receive phone calls
-
Use iPad as a second display for Mac
-
Hand off tasks between iPad and Mac
-
Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
-
Connect iPad and your computer using USB
-
Sync iPad with your computer
-
Transfer files between iPad and your computer
-
-
-
Get started with accessibility features
-
-
-
Turn on and practice VoiceOver
-
Change your VoiceOver settings
-
Learn VoiceOver gestures
-
Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
-
Control VoiceOver using the rotor
-
Use the onscreen keyboard
-
Write with your finger
-
Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
-
Use a braille display
-
Type onscreen braille
-
Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
-
Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
-
Use VoiceOver in apps
-
-
Zoom
-
Magnifier
-
People detection
-
Display & Text Size
-
Motion
-
Spoken Content
-
Audio Descriptions
-
-
-
-
Important safety information
-
Important handling information
-
Get information about your iPad
-
View or change cellular settings
-
Find more resources for software and service
-
FCC compliance statement
-
ISED Canada compliance statement
-
Apple and the environment
-
Class 1 Laser information
-
Disposal and recycling information
-
ENERGY STAR compliance statement
-
-
Copyright
Play music on iPad
Use Now Playing in the Music app to show lyrics and play, pause, skip, shuffle, and repeat songs. You can also use Now Playing to view album art and choose what plays next in the queue.
Control playback
Tap the player at the bottom right to show the Now Playing screen, where you can use these controls:
Control | Description | ||||||||||
![]() | Play the current song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Pause playback. | ||||||||||
![]() | Skip to the next song. Touch and hold to fast-forward through the current song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Return to the song’s beginning. Tap again to play the previous song in an album or playlist. Touch and hold to rewind through the current song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Tap to repeat an album or playlist. Double-tap to repeat a single song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Tap to play your songs in random order. Tap again to turn off shuffle. | ||||||||||
![]() | Hide the Now Playing Screen button. | ||||||||||
![]() | Tap for more options. | ||||||||||
![]() | Show time-synced lyrics (lyrics not available for all songs). | ||||||||||
![]() | Stream music to Bluetooth or AirPlay-enabled devices. | ||||||||||
![]() |

Adjust the volume, see song details, and more
The Now Playing screen contains additional options for controlling and accessing music.
Adjust volume: Drag the volume slider.
You can also use the volume buttons on the side of iPad.
Navigate to the artist, album, or playlist: Tap the artist name below the song title, then choose to go to the artist, album, or playlist.
Scrub to any point in a song: Drag the playhead.
See time-synced lyrics
Time-synced lyrics appear for many songs in Apple Music.
Tap the player to open Now Playing. Lyrics scroll in time with the music.
To hide lyrics, tap .
Tip: Tap a specific lyric—the first line of the chorus, for example—to go to that part of the song.
To see all of a song’s lyrics, tap , then tap View Full Lyrics.
Note: You need an Apple Music subscription to view lyrics.

Get audio controls from the Lock Screen or when using another app
Open Control Center, then tap the audio card.
Stream music to Bluetooth or AirPlay-enabled devices
Tap the player to open Now Playing.
Tap
, then choose a device.
See Play audio on HomePod, Apple TV, or a smart TV.
Note: You can play the same music on multiple AirPlay 2-enabled devices, such as two or more HomePod speakers. You can also pair two sets of AirPods to one iPad and enjoy the same song or movie along with a friend. See Control audio on multiple AirPlay 2-enabled devices and Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones.