Apple Finally Fixed The Music App

A short one, because it's exactly as it says on the tin: As of iOS 26.4, Apple has seemingly fixed the Music app's search function so that it no longer defaults to Apple Music.

In fact, in my case, they've done more than fix it, they've improved it. Now if you have Apple Music shut off in settings (Settings > Apps > Music) there's only one search tab remaining: Your Library. Radio? Gone. I don't use Radio ever, so this is a net improvement for me.

But because of this, Music now defaults to Your Library. Which for someone who doesn't really do streaming (and on the rare case that I do, YouTube Music is what I use), this is amazing. There are still little keyholes through which Apple Music pokes through (like the tiles in search, which are annoyingly still there without a subscription), but given this has been a problem since iOS 18.0? 

A win's a win. Given Apple totally doesn't have to give a toss about the few of us still using Music for local library stuff, I'm glad they listened and fixed it for us.

I, personally, am probably going to switch back over, as much as I've been mostly enjoying my time with Doppi. I still give it a solid recommendation if the stock Music app ain't doing it for you, but for me...