That’s impressive but there are some caveats such as the fact many of its devices, even the AirPods Max, don’t support listening in the highest audio quality.Īpple Music has come a long way in a short time, making it an excellent all-rounder for music, radio, and video content. In terms of quality, Apple Music now offers lossless (CD quality) and Hi-Res quality streaming as standard, as well as Spatial audio with Dolby Atmos (including head tracking with the right hardware). Music videos are also available, so you can turn your iPad or iPhone into MTV, plus the service integrates your existing iTunes library into search results, so you can easily include them in playlists. This is accompanied by the Beats 1 radio station that has live shows with DJs such as Zane Lowe, and a large selection of other stations that cover specific genres. There are also playlists generated by the tracks your friends are enjoying, plus numerous top 100 charts from all around the world.Ī number of exclusives are offered, such as live performances, special sessions, and interviews with popular and emerging artists. There’s also Release Radar and Time Capsule that highlight new and classic tracks that the service thinks you’ll enjoy, plus radio stations built around certain songs and artists as well as Daily Mix options.Ī catalog of 90 million songs gives it an advantage over the likes of Spotify in terms of sheer choice, and just like rivals Apple Music offers custom playlists each week created around the songs you listen to regularly. Lossless: Spotify HiFi still not launchedĪs we’ve already mentioned, there’s a huge selection of music available, and this is accompanied by playlists Spotify creates based on your listening habits, called Discover Weekly.If you want offline listening on your phone (downloads) then the Premium subscription is the way to go, while students benefit from their own tier that offers Premium at half price.Īs is now the norm, a family subscription is available which consists of six premium accounts, while Duo covers two accounts. There’s a free version that’s ad-supported, but which still gives you access to the 50+ million songs on the platform. This popularity is aided by the various tiers on offer. Apple Music has an estimated 78 million users as of June 2021, according to Statista, and Spotify has 188 million premium subscribers as of the second quarter of 2022.Spotify has become synonymous with music streaming, as the company has gone from strength to strength over the past few years and established itself as the world’s most popular service, boasting over 420 million active users. Ugh! We're cancelling Prime if this isn't fixed.- Ashley Franz November 6, 2022Īmazon Music had 55 million subscribers as of 2020, the last time it released statistics about its subscriber numbers, though its competitors Apple Music and Spotify continue to outperform its platform. Amazon Music kept us subscribed, but shuffle and skip limits ruined it. Loved listening to albums and being able to trust my kids with music. You've destroyed what I loved about your app.- Lynann November 3, please bring back the old Prime Music. If I wanted another version of Spotify, I would just use Spotify. Thanks for nothing.- Troy Mollin November 1, 2022ĭear Amazon Music Prime: this new update where I can't download albums and can only shuffle play sucks. Naturally, the switch-up has elicited some less-than-impressed reactions on Twitter.Īmazon music offially sucks now.
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