Apple has announced that its free ad-supported iTunes Radio service will be closing down. A notice sent out to customers of the service is telling them that the free-of-charge service will be discontinued by the end of January.
A new report has shown that Apple was right to show faith in investing in the music streaming business. The Apple Music doors were only officially opened six months ago, but it seems like the company's music streaming service has already attracted and signed up more than ten million subscribers who are paying a minimum of $9.99 per month after the free trial. The ten million subscriber milestone is made even more impressive by the fact that it has taken only six months to achieve.
Apple Music and iTunes could add support for new Hi-Res audio streaming formats and content by as early as 2016, according to new reports.
Taylor Swift, apart from sharing a name with Apple's new programming language, is becoming one of the firm's biggest partners in the music world after initially getting off to a rocky start when the artist penned an open letter to Apple asking it to pay musicians for their work during Apple Music's 90-day free trial. Ever since Apple reversed its stance and did exactly that, the pair have been best buds.
Apple Music is now available on Sonos in a public beta. Here's how to join, set up and use Apple Music on your Sonos wireless speaker system.
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour Documentary video will be available exclusively on Apple Music starting December 20th. Here are the details.
Already supporting competing streaming services like Spotify and the now defunct Beats Music, Sonos and its new inclusion of Apple Music will mean that all of the major music streaming players are well covered by the popular speaker system.
This is just in. Apple has finally flipped the switch and released Apple Music app for Android. You can download it now on the Google Play Store.
Apple's fourth-generation Apple TV unit is finally available to purchase via the company's digital stores around the world, although you'd be forgiven for not knowing it considering there were no updated banners on the website or press release to announce its availability. Still, the hardware is officially available, and it'll be interesting to see how popular the new ATV will prove to be. One of the most useful features of the new set-top box is the ability to use the new Siri-enabled remote for universal searches across multiple video streaming services; and now news is coming in that the feature will extend support to Apple Music as well early next year.
It's almost that time of year again when Apple puts together some of the biggest names in the music business for our listening pleasure. Apple's annual iTunes Festival will make a reappearance next month with a solid lineup consisting of some of the biggest musical superstars currently operating today. The format and structure of the musical festival will remain consistent with previous years, with the exception of one big change; Apple has renamed it as the Apple Music Festival in homage to the recently launched Apple Music streaming service.
