I’m also old, so that might have something to do with it. I assume the Spotify user base skews young.
Apple did add a white noise maker into iOS 15. I assume I’ll end up trying that at some point if I’m looking to pack extra-extra light, or just end up in a situation where I need to sleep somewhere and forgot my white noise maker. They just put it in a really weird spot (Settings > Accessibility > Hearing: Audio/Visual > Background Sounds) so I’m sure most people don’t know it’s there or find it too much trouble to access. I just setup it up so I can tap the back of my phone twice to toggle it on/off, maybe that will lead me to trying it out… we’ll see if it gets annoying enough that I need to find some other way to make it easier to access.
Sometimes I play rain/storm sounds I’ve downloaded from YouTube. Other times I use the iPhone white noise generator. I’ve set up 2 Siri shortcuts (one for sound on and one for sound off), but tapping the back sounds like a good way to do it, too.
I’m also old, so that might have something to do with it. I assume the Spotify user base skews young.
Apple did add a white noise maker into iOS 15. I assume I’ll end up trying that at some point if I’m looking to pack extra-extra light, or just end up in a situation where I need to sleep somewhere and forgot my white noise maker. They just put it in a really weird spot (Settings > Accessibility > Hearing: Audio/Visual > Background Sounds) so I’m sure most people don’t know it’s there or find it too much trouble to access. I just setup it up so I can tap the back of my phone twice to toggle it on/off, maybe that will lead me to trying it out… we’ll see if it gets annoying enough that I need to find some other way to make it easier to access.
Sometimes I play rain/storm sounds I’ve downloaded from YouTube. Other times I use the iPhone white noise generator. I’ve set up 2 Siri shortcuts (one for sound on and one for sound off), but tapping the back sounds like a good way to do it, too.
Maybe iOS 17 interactive widgets can bring a widget for background sounds.
Wow you are right that is hidden. I have an iPhone and had no idea that was there. I’ll have to try it out.