Apple Music: Apple's music streaming service

A Apple revealed this Monday (8) during WWDC a new service streaming music: Apple Music. The company that transformed digital music to iPod and iTunes took a while to enter this new market and arrives with the mission of competing with established players, such as Spotify e Rdio.

O Apple Music will combine radio broadcasting, downloading and streaming of songs, clips, as well as channels of interaction between artists and fans. It will be integrated into the current app Music do iOS.

Like other streaming services, there will be music recommendations. The company bets on custom recommendations and will not rely solely on algorithms: a team of experts from Apple will make some suggestions. In addition, the application will radio stations that will be controlled by DJs. Zane lowe from the BBC is one of the names responsible for curating the channel that will play 24 hours a day.

through the area Connect, artists will be able to post messages to fans, such as behind-the-scenes photos, new music downloads, and lyrics for songs that are being produced. The idea is very similar to the material offered by the recently launched competitor Tidal.

As with other services, users will be able to listen to offline songs and share playlists with friends. A differential is the presence of video clips in high definition.

O Apple Music will cost US$ 9,99 per month, or US$ 14,99 in the family plan for up to six people. From June 30th it will be available in over 100 countries. You will be able to listen to the songs on the iOS, OS X e Windows. a version for Android will be available by the end of the year, according to the company.

O Apple Music is coming in in a market dominated by Spotify, which already has 60 million users (15 million in the Premium plan), without many differentials. The card up the sleeve Apple is its large consumer base of hardware products.

There is still no information about the launch of the service on Brazil, but Brazilian page indicates that it will be released soon.

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