On June 8, at the
WWDC conference,
Apple finally presented its music streaming service. Apple Music claims leadership among similar projects. The service offers options such as native integration with the iOS music app, playlists selected by various criteria, including a selection of the most popular artists.
The user will be able to listen to music from his own
iTunes library and service catalog, which includes more than 30 million songs. Apple Music is integrated with
Siri voice search.
The application also includes the online radio Beats 1 with a 24-hour broadcast from New York, London and Los Angeles.
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One of the strengths of the service is the ability to communicate listeners and performers through a special portal Apple Connect,
reports Techcrunch. It is integrated with
Facebook ,
Twitter and
Instagram , and also allows you to share content via email and
iMessage .
Apple Music is a direct competitor to
Spotify and
Rdio . Apple service offers users an extensive catalog of tracks for $ 9.99 per month. A subscription to a family of 6 people will cost $ 14.99. However, for informational purposes, the service can be used free of charge for three months and then decide on a subscription.
Apple's vice president, Eddie Q, dances to Apple Music. Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York TimesApple Music plans to launch on June 30 in 100 countries. After launch, the full functionality of the service will be available only on iOS, iOS X and Windows-based computers. In the fall of this year, support for Apple TV and Android OS will be added.
According to the testimony of representatives of some record labels, Russia can enter the first wave of the launch of Apple Music,
wrote Megamind. Several Russian record companies received a request to expand the rights to use their musical compositions.
Apple is the world's largest player in the legal digital music market. However, until now, the company was engaged only in the sale of music content through the online store iTunes. But in the spring of 2015, the revenues of streaming audio services in the USA
for the first time exceeded the revenues from CD sales. Therefore, the audio streaming market is becoming more attractive. So, Apple has a
chance to become the largest player in the online music streaming market.