According to AppleInsider, a Tuesday Substack post by OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, revealed that Apple Music will soon be added to ChatGPT’s directory of supported apps. This follows an earlier 2025 expansion that included apps from Spotify, Booking.com, Canva, and others. The post states developers will also be able to submit their apps for review. The Apple Music integration is expected to arrive “soon,” though specific details weren’t provided. This move would allow ChatGPT to potentially manage and create playlists for users, similar to its existing functionality with Spotify.
AI Playlist Déjà Vu
So, what’s this actually going to look like? Probably a lot like the existing Spotify integration. Right now, you can link your Spotify account in ChatGPT and just ask it for stuff. You know, “make a playlist for a rainy Sunday afternoon” or “find me songs that sound like this obscure band I like.” It uses your listening history and patterns to personalize things, then pops the playlist open in Spotify. It’s handy. Apple Music already has APIs for this kind of thing, so ChatGPT’s role here likely won’t be revolutionary—it’ll just be another, possibly smarter, front-end for making playlists. The real question is whether OpenAI can make it feel meaningfully better than typing into Apple Music’s own search bar.
The Bigger Apple Picture
Here’s the thing: this isn’t just about music. It’s another thread in the increasingly tangled knot between OpenAI and Apple. Think about it. ChatGPT is already the brains you can optionally route Siri queries to in iOS. It’s got hooks into Xcode for developers. There’s a record mode on macOS. And back in December, people found the Apple Health icon lurking in the ChatGPT app code. That’s a big deal. When you look at the whole board, OpenAI isn’t just making a cool feature for Apple Music subscribers. It’s systematically embedding itself into the core Apple experience—productivity, health, development, and now entertainment. That’s a long-term strategic play that goes way beyond playlist generation.
What It Means For Everyone Else
For users, it’s simple: more convenience. If you’re already in ChatGPT for a dozen other things, asking it to tweak your music becomes a natural extension. You won’t have to jump between apps as much. But for developers, Fidji Simo’s note about submitting apps for review is the quieter, more important signal. OpenAI is formalizing and expanding its “app store” within ChatGPT. That turns the chatbot from a tool into a platform—a new layer of the operating system, basically. For Apple, the relationship is fascinating. They’re letting a potentially rival AI ecosystem build a home right inside their walled garden. It’s a partnership of necessity right now, but you have to wonder how long that cozy arrangement lasts as both companies’ AI ambitions fully mature.
