Apple Music Preview app released for Windows 11
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Apple Music Preview app released for Windows 11

Apple Music Preview app released for Windows 11 and is available from the Microsoft Store giving users a first look at a beta version of a dedicated Windows app for their desktop. As this is a preview version of Apple Music, not all features may work as expected. After installing the Apple Music preview, iTunes will no longer open, and audiobooks or podcasts on your device will be inaccessible until a compatible version of iTunes […]

Apple Music launches a Shazam Predictions playlist
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Apple Music launches Shazam Predictions playlist

Apple Music launches Shazam Predictions playlist containing 50 songs from artists who are poised to have a breakthrough year. Shazam’s predictions have uncovered talent from every corner of the globe earlier than any other service, with artists like Ayra Starr, who was one of Shazam’s five featured predictions in 2022, making Shazam’s Global Top 10 last autumn. 2022 was also a milestone year for Shazam, marking the service’s 20th anniversary with 70 Bn all-time Shazams. Last […]

Apple introduces Apple Music Sing
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Apple introduces Apple Music Sing

Apple introduces Apple Music Sing, a new feature that allows users to sing along to their favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics. This is achieved by using a vocal slider which adjusts vocal volume, but does not fully remove vocals. Apple Music Sing also offers multiple lyric views to help fans take the lead, perform duets, sing backup and more. The new feature will be available later this month to Apple Music subscribers worldwide (except Voice […]

Apple Music launches new Replay experience
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Apple Music launches new Replay experience

Apple Music launches new Replay experience with a redesigned look enabling users to learn about their top songs, artists, albums, genres and more. Superfans can even discover whether they are in the top 100 listeners of their favourite artist or genre. There are also 2022 year-end charts spotlighting 2022’s top songs, top Shazams, top fitness songs, and most-read lyrics. Apple Music listeners can continue checking Replay until the 31st December to see if their listening […]

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes
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Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes vehicles with support for Dolby Atmos. Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV and the S-Class, equipping these vehicles with ‘studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall’, and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multidimensional sound and clarity. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s […]

Apple Music now has 100 million songs
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Apple Music now has 100 million songs

Apple Music now has 100 million songs and has emphasised the importance on human curation and not algorithms. Announcing this milestone Apple said, “Twenty-one years on from the invention of iTunes and the debut of the original iPod, we’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music. It’s phenomenal growth by any metric. The entire history, present, and future of music is at your fingertips or voice command.” They continued, […]

Instagram to rollout messages with music previews
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Instagram to rollout messages with music previews

Instagram is to rollout messages with music previews as part of a package of seven new messaging features announced this week. You can customize your messaging threads by using these new features: Play, pause, and re-play: Enabled by integrations with Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify coming soon, you can now share a 30-second preview of that song you just can’t get out of your head, and your friends can listen directly from the chat window. […]