Apple Music comes preloaded on iOS and works across all Apple products. That alone seems to have made the difference for the streaming music service. During Apple’s Q3 2018 financial report, the company made a stunning revelation. Confirming an earlie…
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Apple Music Growing 2.5X Faster Than Spotify In U.S.
Apple Music has 21 million paid subscribers in the U.S. vs. 20 million for Spotify, according to Loop Venture’s analyst Tom Munster. That gap will widen quickly based on Munster’s other big conclusion: Apple is converting potential customers into paying customers at a rate 2.5x faster than Spotify. From Loop…
Shazam Removes Ads As Apple Completes Acquisition
Apple announced that it has completed its acquisition of music recognition app Shazam which is used by hundreds of millions globally. Along with the acquisition, Apple will make the app ad free. Shazam has been downloaded over 1 billion times and users identify songs using the Shazam app over 20…
Apple completes $400m Shazam buyout, bins ads on app
Free users to access ad-free version
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Americans Listen to 151 Minutes of Music Each Day
So, just how much music do you really listen to? And, how do you spend your music listening time? In Audio Monitor US 2018, a joint study on music habits in the US, Music Biz and AudienceNet have found most Americans still listen to more music on the …
Apple Music gains global streaming subscription market share – as Spotify holds firm
Amazon Music Unlimited has just under 10m paying subs at the close of H1 2018
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Changes To Apple Music As iOS 12 Rolls Out
The rollout of Apple’s newest operating system iOS 12 began yesterday and with it comes some significant changes and improvements to Apple Music. Overall, the updates should improve Apple Music’s sometimes confusing user experience. Apple Music is getting a makeover with the launch of Apple iOS 12. The biggest upgrades…
Changes To Apple Music As iOS 12 Rolls Out
The rollout of Apple’s newest operating system iOS 12 began yesterday and with it comes some significant changes and improvements to Apple Music. Overall, the updates should improve Apple Music’s sometimes confusing user experience. Apple Music is getting a makeover with the launch of Apple iOS 12. The biggest upgrades…
We’re Live Tweeting Music Announcements From Today’s Apple Event: How To Watch Online 10AM PT/ 1PM ET
Hypebot will be live tweeting major announcements from today’s Apple Event, with an emphasis on anything music related, starting at 1PM ET / 10AM PT via @hypebot. You can also watch live online, as well. Here’s how: The easiest way to stream today’s Apple live event is to go this…
Apple Music Fixes How It Displays Albums, Singles
Apple Music has improved how its displays an artist’s albums and singles. Previously, tracks, collections and albums were lumped together, forcing the user to scroll through dozens of often redundant releases to find what they are looking for. The design was particularly damaging for new or unfamiliar artist with multiple…