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Apple Music, Apple's popular music streaming service, isn't known for being a social network. However, Apple Music does have some wonderful social features that perhaps few people knew about until now. Read more »

Just over a year ago, the Apple Music app debuted on Samsung smart TVs. It seems that the exclusivity period has ended, as today the Apple Music app is also available on the App Store for LG smart TVs.

This means Apple Music subscribers can now stream their entire music library, playlists, radio stations, and more directly from their LG Smart TV. Read more »

Apple's head of music publishing, Elena Segal, has confirmed what already seemed very likely: "There will never be a free tier of Apple Music."

Segal made this clear and concise statement at a British government hearing. The hearing addressed the economics of music streaming and investigated whether artists are receiving fair compensation. Read more »

Last week, Apple released beta versions of the upcoming iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 updates. This beta version was made available to developers and public beta testers.

With a series of new features, Apple has added the ability to set a default music streaming service when using Siri to play songs. Read more »

The UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport is launching an investigation into music streaming services, including Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube, to determine whether musicians are being paid fairly.

The investigation comes after complaints from artists that the payments they receive for their work are "insignificant".

The growth of the streaming market "cannot come at the expense of talented, lesser-known artists," said Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chairman Julian Knight MP. Read more »

Apple today unveiled its new " Apple One " bundles for its services. These will allow customers to subscribe to Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and more for a fixed monthly price.

Apple One will arrive this fall, but the "full" version, which includes Apple News+, will initially launch only in Canada, the UK, the US, and Australia. The service offers three plans: Read more »

Apple has announced the renaming of " Beats 1 " to " Apple Music 1. " In addition, two new radio stations have been launched: Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country.

Since the launch of Apple Music in 2015, Beats 1 has become one of the most listened-to radio stations in the world. It consistently delivers the best in-depth artist interviews, exclusives, and global premieres that no other show offers. Read more »

The Apple Music Awards are being presented for the first time this year. This signals Apple's recognition, in a new way, that music is an essential part of the company's identity.

Apple's music event will take place tomorrow at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park. And in typical Apple fashion, the company has designed a series of unique, vinyl-inspired awards to be given to the winners.

Apple will present a select series of awards, to be given for: Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year. All three awards are editorial choices made by Apple's music curators. Read more »

Soon you'll be able to ask Siri to play Spotify music on iOS 13, a feature currently in beta. Spotify is currently testing integration with the new SiriKit audio APIs, introduced in iOS 13.

And as Tom Warren of The Verge has shown, the current beta version of Spotify lets you ask Siri to play music on Spotify. Read more »

Apple Music Connect appears to be slowly following the path of iTunes Ping. It is perhaps for this reason that Apple has begun notifying Apple Music artists that the ability to publish content on Apple Music Connect is being removed.

This means that content previously published by Apple Music Connect would be removed from the "For You" section and artist pages on Apple Music.

Connect content will still be visible through search results in Apple Music. This is content that Apple had reportedly been removing for months. Read more »