Apple Music Is Launching Personalized Playlists of Your Friends' Favorite Songs

Following Tim Cook's criticisms of Spotify, Apple Music is set to roll out a new "Friends Mix" personalized playlist feature. Rather than working solely with editorial choices or Apple's algorithms, the "Friends Mix" will collate the songs that your friends have been listening to recently. The playlist does use some algorithms, however, with the music from your friends chosen to reflect your own tastes. The 25-track playlists are rumored to update every Monday, based on the music that your frien...