Apple launches ‘Snapshot,’ a new way to discover artists, actors, and athletes – 9to5Mac

Apple has just launched a new page on its website called ‘Snapshot.’ It’s a discovery tool for following the work of artists, actors, and athletes across three of Apple’s media platforms: Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts.

Snapshot is Apple’s new hub for celebrity bios and media content

Apple’s latest website addition, Snapshot, can be accessed here.

The page shows a horizontally scrolling carousel of popular musical artists, actors, and athletes.

Snapshot’s header tagline reads:

Your favorites, at a glance. Discover more about the artists, actors, and athletes you love across Apple.

Each celebrity listed offers an ‘Explore’ button where you’ll find a sort of bio page and content hub for them.

The page contains basic details about the celebrity, such as their birth year, home of origin, and a basic written bio.

It also aggregates content they’re involved with from across Apple’s various Music, TV, and Podcasts offerings.

Cate Blanchett’s page, for example, features:

• movies and TV shows she’s in with links to the Apple TV app
• Apple Music track listings from the film Tár
• and podcasts where she made appearances

9to5Mac’s Take

In theory, Apple’s Snapshot page could prove a very useful new hub for following a celebrity’s work. Maybe it will even be integrated into the Music, TV, and Podcasts apps in a coming iOS update.

For now though, there’s one major feature missing: a search function.

Perhaps Apple didn’t mean to publicly launch the site yet, and will add search soon, but this is a huge omission.

Since there’s no search option, you currently can only find people on Snapshot by choosing from the featured celebrities listed in the scrolling carousel.

What do you think of Apple’s new Snapshot tool? Let us know in the comments.

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