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Liner notes for Apple Music

You can now get the digital equivalent of liner notes for Apple Music with a 3rd part app called MusicSmart. The app provides details of writers, producers, and everyone who has credits for it. It also can tell you which samples are used in a song, or which songs have used it as a sample and a host of background information to round out your listening experience. MusicSmart integrates with your music library regardless of […]

Samsung brings Apple Music to its Smart TVs
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Samsung brings Apple Music to its Smart TVs

Samsung brings Apple Music to its Smart TVs giving access to over 60 million songs ad-free, thousands of curated playlists, music videos and live radio. Samsung Electronics is the first TV brand to integrate Apple Music on its Smart TV platform. The service is available in over 100 countries on models made in 2018 or later. Apple Music subscribers can also get customized daily recommendations and tune in to the innovative Beats 1 radio station, […]

Apple Music available in 52 more countries
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Apple Music available in 52 more countries

Apple Music is now available in 52 more countries together with the App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Podcasts and iCloud which has been rolled out in 20 more countries. Apple Music is now available in 167 countries and regions and offers over 60 million songs. The streaming service contains thousands of playlists and daily selections, and the global radio station Beats 1. New Apple Music subscribers in the 52 additional countries can enjoy a six-month […]

Concertino - classical music front-end for Apple Music
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Classical music front-end for Apple Music

Concertino is an open source classical music front-end for Apple Music. It uses Open Opus data and combines it with automated analysis of the Apple Music’s own metadata in order to create an adequate user experience for classical music. It relies on crowdsourced curation as well for additional verification and refinement. Concertino is web-based with an iOS app in development and is free to use. It can be found here. The app is fairly straightforward […]

Apple Music launches Replay playlist
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Apple Music launches Replay playlist

Apple Music launches Replay playlist, a collection of your favourite music from 2019 and every year you’ve subscribed to Apple Music. This is similar to Spotify’s Wrapped feature and like any playlist can be added to your Apple Music Library making it possible to be streamed at any time including when offline. Unlike Spotify’s offering, Apple Music Replay is continually updated during the year and your Replay playlist can be shared with friends or posted […]

TuneIn and Apple form partnership
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Apple’s iOS 13 adds 100,000 radio stations

Apple’s iOS 13 adds 100,000 radio stations in a new partnership with TuneIn which gives listeners access on all Siri-enabled devices and Apple Music. The collaboration coincides with the introduction of a new radio experience on Apple devices which includes iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, CarPlay and HomePod. TuneIn brings their long-time integration expertise to Apple by offering sports fans, news devotees and radio enthusiasts alike the ability to hear the voices they trust on […]

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Apple Music launches beta web player

Apple Music launches beta web player which works in any browser on PCs, Macs and Linux. Subscribers can access the Apple Music web version at beta.music.apple.com and sign in with their Apple ID. The beta has been a long time in the making as we saw a preview in June 2018 which used Apple’s MusicKit developer software. At launch, the service includes core features, like searching and playing songs from the Apple Music catalogue, searching […]