Apple Music Archives

Apple Music creates African Legends hub

06/07/2019

Apple Music creates African Legends hub featuring playlists, albums and charts from the African continent’s greatest artists. Originally launched to coincide with this year’s Africa Day the hub contains the African Legends playlist with Fela Kuti’s funky Afrobeat, Brenda Fassie’s vivacious Afropop, Youssou N’Dour’s thrilling mbalax and Angélique Kidjo’s richly textured world fusion amongst other notable African artists. The African Legends hub consists of Essentials Playlists, Essentials Albums, Classic Singles, A Spotlight On and a […]

Apple Music is now available on Alexa enabled devices in Australia and New Zealand

Apple Music and Alexa now available in Australia and New Zealand

21/05/2019

Apple Music and Alexa now available in Australia and New Zealand joining the recently launched service in the US, UK and Ireland. Apple Music subscribers can now listen to Apple Music’s 50 million songs on Amazon’s full range of Echo devices, including Echo Dot, Echo Plus and Echo Show. Apple Music subscribers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favourite songs, artists, and albums – or any Apple Music playlist. Alexa can be […]

Streaming price war hots up in India

09/04/2019

Streaming price war hots up in India as Apple Music is the latest streamer to reduce its prices to ₹99/month (£1.10) from ₹120/month following price cuts by local music streaming services, JioSaavn and Gaana. JioSaavn and Gaana are well established and currently account for about half of India’s music streaming market. India has the world’s second largest smartphone market and the potential market for music streaming is huge. The country has seen both Spotify and […]

Apple Music now on Alexa in UK

06/04/2019

Apple Music now on Alexa in UK and Ireland after its initial launch in the US in March 2019. Apple Music subscribers will be able to stream over 50 million songs ad-free from Apple Music on an Amazon Echo or Fire TV. Apple Music on Alexa Features Play your own playlists which can include music from your iCloud Music Library Get Apple Music mixes inspired by the songs you listen to most Tune in to […]

Play Apple Music with Alexa

18/03/2019

Play Apple Music with Alexa on Amazon Echo and Fire TV in the US only. Apple Music subscribers can now ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists, and more from Apple Music or playlists from your Library. Here’s what you need An Apple Music subscription, an Amazon Echo or Fire TV device that you have already set up with the Amazon Alexa app on your iOS or Android device making sure that you have the latest […]

Spotify extends lead over Apple Music

25/02/2019

Spotify extends lead over Apple Music with paid subscriptions now reaching 96 million against Apple’s estimated 50 million, according to Statista. When Apple Music was launched in June 2015, industry experts thought that Apple’s enormous installed base of iOS devices together with the company’s legendary flair for marketing and branding would see it come out top in the competition with Spotify. However, Spotify has proved to be the more innovative moving quickly into new markets, […]

Apple Music takes off with American Airlines

06/02/2019

Apple Music takes off with American Airlines so that subscribers can listen to the full range of Apple Music with no WiFi purchase required. Apple Music subscribers can access over 50 million songs, playlists and music videos on any domestic US American Airlines flight equipped with Viasat satellite WiFi with no WiFi purchase required. American Airlines is the first commercial airline to provide exclusive access to Apple Music through complimentary in-flight WiFi. “For most travelers, […]