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Overview

What Apple Music does

Apple Music is a music streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing, curated playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio station Apple Music 1.

What people use it for

  • Music listening
  • Music discovery
  • Playlist creation
  • Offline listening
  • Family entertainment

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Apple Music.

  • Individual plan discount pricing (3 months for $1.99) applies only to new subscribers, then rises to $11.99 per month

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Pricing

What Apple Music costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Individual

$10.99 /mo

  • 100+ million songs
  • Ad-free listening
  • Offline downloads
  • Spatial Audio
  • Lossless audio

Family

$16.99 /mo

  • Up to 6 accounts
  • Individual profiles
  • Parental controls
  • Family sharing

Capabilities

Features

  • Music streaming

    Music streaming capability

  • Offline downloads

    Offline downloads capability

  • Spatial Audio

    Spatial Audio capability

  • Lossless audio

    Lossless audio capability

  • Curated playlists

    Curated playlists capability

  • Radio stations

    Radio stations capability

  • Music discovery

    Music discovery capability

  • Cross-device sync

    Cross-device sync capability

  • Siri

    Integration with Siri

  • HomePod

    Integration with HomePod

  • Apple Watch

    Integration with Apple Watch

  • CarPlay

    Integration with CarPlay

Behind it

Who makes Apple Music

Company
Apple Inc
Based in
Cupertino, CA

Timeline

Apple Music over time

  1. Launch2015-06-30

    Apple Music launches

    Source
  2. Milestone2015-06-08

    Apple Music announced

    Source
  3. Acquisition2014-05-28$3bn

    Apple acquires Beats Electronics and Beats Music

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