Everything you wanted to know about the Apple Music

At WWDC 2015 Apple introduced its new service Apple Music, which will be launched later this month. According to Jimmy Ayovina, Apple Music - is a "one answer to all the questions about the music." The place where gather all the music of the world.

Jimmy Ayovin and Eddy Cue describe Apple Music, such as:

1. a revolutionary new service,
2. station is open 24 hours 7 days a week,
3. the connection between artists and fans.

For Apple Music was developed a special application, where users will find all of your favorite songs, will discover new artists and music styles. And for this they will only need to follow the recommendations of the new service.

In the My Music tab will display not only the music that you already purchased from the iTunes Store or transferred from CDs, but also tens of millions of tracks that has a music library Apple. While the iTunes Store 26 million songs.

Voice assistant Siri also help you find new and interesting composition. For example, you can ask him a question, what song was on the top of the charts in June 2011, and he immediately give you the right answer and offer to play the hits of the time.

Availability

Service will start on June 30 in 100 countries. According to preliminary information, this list includes Russia. Apple Music Special Application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will appear along with iOS 8.4. At the same time, the service will be available for the Apple Watch, Mac and PC. Apple Music will also be released for the Apple TV, Android, but is no longer in the summer and autumn of this year.

Price

The new service will cost users $ 9.99 per month (for Russian users - 169 rubles). Thanks to the system of Family Sharing, the service will be available for the whole family (maximum of six) at a price of 14.99 dollars. To give a taste of Apple Music, «apple" offers free access to the service during the first three months.

Free features

Some features will be free to all US users who have Apple ID. The lucky ones will be able to listen to radio stations 1 Beats and Apple Music with a limit of six skips per hour formulations. These functions will be paid for the Android-users because they have to be subscribers Apple Music.

Music

At the beginning of the use of Apple Music you will be prompted to select your favorite artists and trends. Based on this information and the history of your purchases, Apple will give you advice on For you tab. And by the way, for their preparation of the "apple", the company hired a number of talented music experts from around the world. Some playlists were created by teams of respected publications and music services, such as Rolling Stone, Q Magazine, Pitchfork, DJ Mag, Shazam and MOJO.

Your playlist will not always appear the same music genre, it will be a mix of new songs for you and your favorite tracks. You can create and own station, select a favorite song, album, or artist. Gradually Apple Music starts better understand your taste preferences and help make your plant even more personalized.

Apple Music will play the tracks with a bit rate of 256 kbit / s, as opposed to the Beats Music, Spotify (320 kbit / s) and a streaming service Tidal, where for an extra $ 10 offer music without compression and loss quality. But it is worth noting that the AAC format tracks with a bit rate of 256 kbit / s for better sound quality MP3-recordings with a bitrate of 320 kbit / s. In addition, Apple files weigh less, which is a big plus for streaming radio.

Communication with artists

Another chip Apple Music is the connection between artists and fans. The world-famous performers and music industry newcomers will be able to post messages, share behind-share music or download new tracks and videos.

Fans, in turn, will be able to reply to these messages, or to criticize the artists to share their recordings on your page in the Connect tab. In general, the complete freedom of creativity and expression for both sides: the creators and listeners.