Why does Apple’s latest music feature have such high system requirements?
Apple Music has a new feature called Sing that sounds pretty great. An expansion of the time-synced lyrics feature available in Apple Music, it animates lyrics so you can sing along with precision and lets you adjust the vocal level of the song with a slider depending on how confident you are in your singing.
It’s a very slick feature but not everyone will get to use it due to surprisingly high-end system requirements. Other than being an Apple Music subscriber, you’ll need a device from the last few years. Here are the devices that support the new feature:
iPhone
iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max
iPhone 14 Plus
iPhone 14
iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max
iPhone 13
iPhone 13 mini
iPhone 12 Pro/Pro Max
iPhone 12
iPhone 12 mini
iPhone 11 Pro/Pro Max
iPhone 11
iPhone SE (3rd generation and later)
iPad
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later)
iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later)
iPad Air (4th generation and later)
iPad (9th generation and later)
iPad mini (6th generation and later)
Apple TV
Apple TV 4K (2022)
Based on that list, the Apple TV 4K from 2021, iPad Pro from 2020, and iPad Air from 2019 aren’t supported. Nor are any Macs. Based on the list, it appears the feature requires an A13 Bionic processor or newer and at least 4GB of RAM and the third-gen neural engine. That eliminates the 2nd-gen iPhone SE, which had an A13 processor but only 3GB of RAM. The Apple TV 4K that launched in 2021 only has an A12 chip.
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