Customers can now stream Apple Music on Google Nest speakers and Google Assistant-enabled ones in five additional countries, including Canada and Australia.
Google Nest users in five additional countries can now stream Apple Music
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The new Apple Music Voice plan isn’t 100% voice activated after all
Contrary to popular belief, the new Apple Music Voice plan isn't 100 percent voice-activated after all. As it turns out, you can perform certain tasks like starting a playlist and more without engaging Siri at all.
Apple Music’s classical music experience will include visual, audial and haptic stimuli
The upcoming Primephonic-based classical music experience within Apple's Music app on iPhone will apparently also include visual interactions and haptic stimulus.
Apple Music Voice Plan will launch with iOS 15.2
Back in October of this year, Apple officially announced a brand new plan for its popular music streaming service, Apple Music. It's called the Voice Plan, and it's designed to benefit just a single user -- as opposed to the multi-user support in the other plans. The real catch is that it's voice-only.
Time to Walk episode with Prince William coming to Apple Fitness+ on December 6
Apple Watch's Time to Walk feature is bringing a new episode featuring Prince William to Fitness+ subscribers and fans of the Apple Music 1 radio on December 6.
Apple Music reveals the most played songs of 2021
As 2021 wraps up, there are "best of" awards to give out. And to show off just how popular something was as the year wraps up. Apple Music is doing just that as November closes out. The streaming service has already announced the winners of 2021, and now it's showing off the most-played songs, too.
The third annual Apple Music Awards are here with 5 new Regional Artist of the Year awards
The third Apple Music Awards are now officially known, recognizing the best artists of 2021 and their influence on global culture as chosen by Apple's editorial team.
Spotify is rolling out its real-time lyrics support globally
When Apple brought iOS 13 into the world, it brought with it real-time lyrics support for Apple Music subscribers. This meant, on supported songs, users could have the lyrics presented to them with fluid animation, keeping up with the song in real time. It's a handy feature, supported across different devices and Apple's platforms. So of course Spotify needed to get in on the action, too.
iOS 15.2 lets you search for songs within Apple Music playlists
A new feature lets you search within Apple Music playlists in the Music app on your iPhone, iPad or Mac to find matching songs in any of the playlists available on the service.
Apple Music app now available on LG smart TVs
As Apple continues to expand its services, availability is key. And reaching beyond the walled garden. As a result, some services like Apple Music --which just makes sense to be on as many products as possible-- continues to expand. Here we are with LG smart TVs.
Apple Music is now available on Sony’s PlayStation 5
There have been hints popping up throughout the month of October. All pointing to a future where Apple Music exists on a video game console. And, sure enough, those hints have turned into a real product, as Apple's app for accessing its streaming music service is now available on Sony's latest video game console.
HomePod now does both spatial and lossless audio, HomePod mini limited to lossless playback
HomePod, Apple's full-size smart speaker, is no longer manufactured but is still powerful enough to gain support for both spatial audio and lossless audio on Apple Music. HomePod mini, on the other hand, remains limited to lossless audio for the time being.