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iPad User Guide

Play background sounds on iPad

You can have iPad play Background Sounds—such as ocean waves or rain—to help you focus or rest. See the Apple Support article Use Background Sounds to help with sleep, focus, and more.

You can also play ambient music through the Ambient Music widget on your iPad. See Add a widget to your Home Screen.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad

    Tip: Control Background Sounds with the click of a button or from Control Center. See Quickly turn accessibility features on or off.

  2. Tap Accessibility, tap Audio & Visual, tap Background Sounds, then turn on Background Sounds.

  3. Set any of the following:

    • Sound: Choose a sound; the audio file downloads to your iPad.

    • Volume: Drag the slider.

    • Use When Media is Playing: Adjust the volume of the background sound when iPad is playing music or other media.

    • Equalizer: Adjust the volume of different frequency ranges in background sounds.

      Tone: Select Broad to hear wider frequency ranges with a richer sound. Select Focused to hear specific frequency ranges with less audio distraction.

      Balance: Drag the slider left or right to adjust the sound balance.

    • Stop Sounds with a Timer: Set a timer to stop playing background sounds at a specific time or after an amount of time.

      Tip: Repeat the timer settings you selected by turning on “Always use these settings.”

    • Stop Sounds When Locked: Background sounds stop playing when iPad is locked.

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