Apple Music

Apple Music, stylized as &#xF8FF;Music, is a music subscription service from Apple Inc. It is also bundled as part of Apple One.

History
The service was announced on June 8 at the 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference and launched with iOS 8.4 on June 30, 2015, replacing iTunes Radio. In June 2019, Apple Music had around 60 million subscribers from around the world. By June 2021, it had reached 78 million subscribers. In February 2022, the introductory free trial period was reduced from three months to one month.

On October 12, 2022, Microsoft announced that the Apple Music app had been ported to, , the first to be ported to those platforms after Spotify. Apple Music will also be released for Windows 11 in 2023. Early beta versions were scheduled to be released soon through the Microsoft Store. Previously, Apple streaming services were only available to Windows systems through iTunes or a web browser.

Features
Instead of paying for and downloading music individually by track or album, it is streamed on-demand from Apple servers to users' device(s) for a subscription fee. Users can manually select music to stream, or listen to curated playlists.

Streaming radio
The service also includes access to the internet radio stations, Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country, which broadcast live to over two hundred countries 24 hours a day. The radio stations are ad-supported and free to all users with an Apple ID.

Supported formats
On May 18, 2021, Apple announced the addition of support for. Apple Music will also offer Lossless Audio encoding up to 24-bit at 192 kHz.

Plans

 * Voice — 4.99 per month (no support for lossless audio, spatial audio, and 3rd-party devices)
 * Student — 4.99 per month
 * Individual — 9.99 per month
 * Family — 14.99 per month (up to 6 users)