Apple Music Archives

Who is winning the Spotify v Apple Music wars?

28/08/2018

When Apple launched Apple Music in June 2015, many people confidently predicted that the David and Goliath struggle between Apple and Spotify would favour Apple with its colossal financial and marketing power combined with an installed base of hundreds of millions of iOS devices. Against all expectations Spotify has not only managed to keep ahead of Apple Music but the gap between the two streaming services has gradually widened from 20 million when Apple Music […]

Apple Music releases Android Auto beta

28/08/2018

Apple has released Apple Music for Android version 2.6 beta which adds Android Auto integration. Apple Music for Android has been available for some while but this new version will add Android Auto and a number of features that have been available on the iOS version for some time. You can now search songs by lyrics, access a new Friends Mix option that creates a playlist based on your friends’ listening habits, plus new Artist […]

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Deutsche Grammophon and Apple Music launch new classical music playlist

13/08/2018

Deutsche Grammophon and Apple Music have partnered to launch a new classical music audio and visual playlist that will highlight recordings from the iconic label’s 120-year history. The Deutsche Grammophon playlist launched on Friday, 10th August with a media conference at Mozart’s birthplace in Salzburg, Austria, where DG artists Trifonov, Villazón, Abdrazakov and Gregson performed and later appeared on a panel discussion about music curation in the digital age. Trifonov’s performance was recorded and will be added to his […]

Verizon offers Apple Music free for 6 months in US

11/08/2018

Verizon offers Apple Music free for 6 months in US starting on the 16th August for Verizon Unlimited customers. The offer is available to new and current Verizon Unlimited customers and customers will have full access to Apple Music and can either stream their favorite songs over 4G or WiFi, or download for offline playback – all ad-free. Apple Music now has more than 45 million songs which can be accessed via iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, […]

Drake becomes first artist to achieve 1 billion streams in one week

Drake shatters streaming record

17/07/2018

UPDATE 17/07/2018: Drake’s Scorpion album achieved another first when he confirmed on Instagram that his album was streamed over a billion times worldwide in its opening week. Spotify accounted for 573 million streams with Apple Music notching up 498 million streams. Streaming figures for the first week of release in the US were 321 million on Spotify and 401 million on Apple Music. On its first day of release, Drake’s Scorpion shattered both Spotify’s and Apple […]

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Apple Music previews web player

06/06/2018

Apple Music has previewed an embeddable music player which brings the prospect of listeners being able to play songs, albums and playlists in a browser instead of using iTunes. While the player does not offer full access to the Apple Music catalogue, it is the first time that subscribers can listen to their music from a computer without needing to install iTunes. The player features a pause and play button, a progress bar, and skip […]

Apple iOS 11.4 supports new HomePod music control

Apple delivers stereo and multi-room audio with iOS 11.4

01/06/2018

Apple’s latest iOS upgrade brings stereo pairs and multi-room audio to its HomePod wireless speaker. Using AirPlay 2, music can be played in any room, moved from one room to another or the same song can be played everywhere using any iOS device, HomePod, Apple TV or by asking Siri. HomePod stereo pairs With two HomePod speakers set up as a stereo pair each HomePod automatically adjusts the audio for optimum sound quality using a […]