Navigating Between Screens While Playing Music

When you play a song, you can continue doing other things on your iPhone, such as playing games, looking up names in your Contacts, or browsing the Internet. (Your iPhone temporarily shuts off your music when you're making an actual phone call.) While you're listening to a song, you can either switch to another program altogether or view other screens in the music program.

Running Another App

To run another app while continuing to play music, do this:

  1. Follow the steps in Playing Your Songs to start listening to a song.

  2. Press the Home button. The Home screen appears. From here, you can tap the icon for any app to start using that app while listening to music.

  3. To view your currently playing song again, press ...

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