I’ve always liked having lyrics available when I listen to music. I don’t look at them often, but there are times when I want to know exactly what the words of a song are. Sometimes when I’m listening to Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row, and want to be precise. (I still haven’t memorized all the lyrics; but it’s more than ten minutes long.)
A nifty new feature in the iOS Music app is Timed Lyrics. When a song offers this, you see the lyrics, each line highlighted as it is sung.
You’ll probably see this in the Music app the first time you play a song that offers the feature, if you have your iOS device’s screen on with the Music app up front.
Tap the Lyrics button at the bottom of the Music window and enjoy.
Does this work with songs in the local library that have lyrics stored? (iTunes Match only, no Apple Music)
I have yet to find a song in my library that offers this (and I just checked my copy of Here Comes the Sun)
No, it’s only select songs, and it’s only on iOS for now. I’m not sure if it only work with Apple Music.
I suspect it‘s either Apple Music only or manually stored lyrics „overwrite“ this feature.