Monday, June 8, 2015

Apple’s music shock – challenge Spotify on all platforms – IDG.se

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Will Apple Music to change how you experience music forever? It remains well to see, but at least it is the promise from Apple CEO Tim Cook and new music boss Jimmy Iovine.

Apple Music is a three-part story. First and foremost, offered streamed music from millions of songs, in the same way as Spotify. Apple press hard on the recommendation features that gives you music recommendations. For this, Apple has, among other things, hired a number of top artists and “the world’s top music experts” for personal recommendations. There is also a feature that seems to be more of algorithm-controlled tips.
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 The songs can also be saved for offline listening and you can share playlists, album – or music videos. Apple Music should have “tens of thousands” of music videos in HD format.

Even artists without record deal to share its music on the Apple Music.

Apple is also launching your own radio station, Beats One, to be broadcast around the clock from New York, Los Angeles and London. The radio channel is “real” radio host, interviews and so lots of music, of course.

The third part is Connect, which is a kind of social network that connects artists with their fans. The artists can upload photos, videos, songs and blog posts. The interface is similar to Instagram.
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 Apple has also built into Siri in Apple Music, so you can say, for example, “Play a topplistelåt 1984″ and song playback immediately.

Apple Music released June 30 in 100 countries. But it will not only OSX and iOS, but this fall is also to Windows and Android.

The price is 9.99 dollars, which usually means 99 crowns Sweden. New users get the first three months free. Apple also offers a family subscription for $ 14.99, where six people can share an account.

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