Apple Music Archives

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 […]

Steinway creates Apple Music Profile

31/10/2018

Steinway & Sons, award winning makers of pianos, have launched an Apple Music Curator Profile which will contain Steinway’s official playlists and a rotating monthly ‘Steinway Select’ playlist exclusive to Apple Music which will introduce millions of listeners to the best of piano music. The ‘Steinway Select’ playlist, refreshed monthly, will feature the finest new and classic performances across genres. The profile will also feature a mix of classical, jazz, popular, and mood-based playlists alongside […]

Apple completes Shazam acquisition

21/10/2018

Apple announced that it has completed its acquisition of Shazam, the song recognition app with a user base of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music said, “Apple and Shazam have a long history together. Shazam was one of the first apps available when we launched the App Store and has become a favorite app for music fans everywhere, With a shared love of music and innovation, we […]

Genius lyrics database now on Apple Music

19/10/2018

Genius lyrics database is now available on Apple Music as the company makes Apple Music its official music player and will share its lyrics on the service. Genius is the world’s biggest encyclopaedia of music, built by artists, scholars, and super-fans working together to go deep inside their favourite songs. Now the encyclopaedia has a soundtrack with Apple Music subscribers who visit Genius able to play any song in full right from the song page, […]