Apple Music Archives

Another unofficial Apple Music web player launches

28/01/2019

Another unofficial Apple Music web player launches called Musish which has a look and feel very similar to the iOS and MacOS apps. This follows closely on from PlayAppleMusic which was launched last month. Musish allows users to use Apple Music on their laptop or PC without having to use iTunes. Musish uses official Apple public APIs and libraries to handle authentication and the developers stress on their Github site that ‘At no point do […]

Apple Music expands song lyrics support

19/01/2019

Apple Music expands song lyrics support adding seven additional countries to the existing supported list. Apple Music went into partnership with Genius in October 2018 to use its lyrics database and the initial rollout was to Australia, Canada, US and UK. As part of the agreement between the two companies Apple Music became the official Genius web-based music player. The additional seven countries which now have song lyrics functionality are France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New […]

Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music

16/01/2019

Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music who become the club’s exclusive music streaming partner. The global music streaming service will enable supporters, wherever they are in the world, to get even closer to the club, with playlists curated personally by the players and made available exclusively on Apple Music. There is also an introductory offer of Apple Music free for three months for supporters. Sunderland AFC playlists will be available through the club’s website […]

Apple Music Year in Review App

11/01/2019

NoiseHub have developed an Apple Music Year in Review App which provides similar functionality to Spotify’s ‘Spotify Wrapped’ feature. Apple Music subscribers using the app can look back at their listening trends of 2018 by genre, artists, and songs. The app generates graphical reports which can be shared on Instagram Stories or Twitter. Released in early December 2018, it has already had 3 updates – the latest on 31st December – to address some fairly […]

Workout playlists for your fitness resolution

05/01/2019

Listening to music while exercising often makes that morning jog or a trip to the gym just that little bit more bearable. Here are a few workout playlists to help you keep that New Year’s fitness resolution. Spotify With a boast of 43.5 million workout-themed playlists you will certainly not be short of choice. Perhaps due to the intensely motivational lyrics of Eminem’s “Till I Collapse,” that track is, for the third year in a […]

How to play Apple Music on Amazon Echo

03/01/2019

Apple have released a support post describing how to play Apple Music on Amazon Echo. Currently the ability to play Apple Music with Alexa on Amazon Echo is only available in the US and the rollout started in the week before Christmas. Apple Music subscribers can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists, and more from Apple Music or playlists from your Library. What you need to play Apple Music with Alexa on Amazon Echo An […]

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers

10/12/2018

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers with the rollout scheduled for the week of the 17th December 2018. The integration will allow Apple Music subscribers to access 50 million songs on Echo devices by asking Alexa to play their favourite songs, artists, and albums or Apple Music’s curated playlists from around the world, covering many activities and moods. Customers will also be able to ask Alexa to stream expert-made radio stations centred on popular […]