Apple Music

Questions? Answers.

• What is AppleMusic? Is it the same asiTunes?

  AppleMusic is a streaming service that allows you to listen to over 100 million songs. Its features include the ability to download your favorite tracks and play them offline, lyrics in real time, listening across all your favorite devices, new music personalized just for you, curated playlists from our editors, and much more. All this in addition to exclusive and original content.

  Your iTunes library is still yours. You can access your entire collection from AppleMusic or from iTunes for macOS or Windows.

• How can I listen to AppleMusic?

  AppleMusic is already on your iPhone, iPad, AppleWatch, AppleTV 4K, Mac, and HomePod speakers and you can listen with CarPlay or online at music.apple.com. AppleMusic is also available on Windows and Android devices, Sonos speakers, AmazonEcho, GoogleNest, smart TVs, and more.

• What does AppleMusic cost?

  That all depends on which offer you choose. (1) Students can choose the AppleMusic Student Plan at $6.99per month. (2) An individual monthly subscription is just $11.99per month. (3) The AppleMusic Family Plan, which allows you to share your account with up to five people and gives each member a personal account, is just $19.99per month. (4) The AppleMusic Individual Plan and the AppleMusic Family Plan are also included in AppleOne, which bundles up to five other Apple services into a single monthly subscription. AppleOne plans start at $19.95permonth.

  AppleMusic Classical is included with AppleMusic Student, Individual, and FamilyPlans.

• Is there an AppleMusic student subscription?

  Students get the same AppleMusic features and benefits as individual members. Once your student status with your college or university is verified, you get student membership pricing for up to four years, as long as you remain a student. After four years, your membership will continue at the individual member price.

• Does Siri work with all plans?

  Yes. With a Siri-enabled device and any AppleMusic plan, you can enjoy all the features of AppleMusic and Siri. All plans also support TypetoSiri.

• What is Dolby Atmos music and how can I listen to it?

  Dolby Atmos is an audio technology that creates an immersive listening experience in which sound comes from all around you.

  AppleMusic subscribers using the latest version of AppleMusic on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or AppleTV4K can listen to thousands of Dolby Atmos music tracks using any headphones. When you listen with compatible Apple or Beats headphones or most Bluetooth headphones, Dolby Atmos music plays back automatically when available for a song. For other headphones, go to Settings > Music > Audio and set Dolby Atmos to Always On. You can also hear Dolby Atmos music using the builtin speakers on a compatible iPhone, iPad, MacBookPro, MacBookAir, or iMac, or by connecting your AppleTV4K to one of the following: HomePod speakers set up as the default speakers, a Dolby Atmoscompatible sound bar, a Dolby Atmosenabled AV receiver, or a television that supports Dolby Atmos audio. For the full list of compatible devices, please see support.apple.com/en-us/HT212182.

• What is losslessaudio and how can I listen to it?

  Lossless audio compression reduces the original file size of a song while preserving all of the data perfectly. AppleMusic is making its entire catalog of more than 100 million songs available in lossless audio at different resolutions. In AppleMusic, Lossless refers to lossless audio up to 48kHz, and Hi-Res Lossless refers to lossless audio from 48kHz to 192kHz. Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless files are very large and use much more bandwidth and storage space than standard AAC files.

  You can listen to lossless audio using the latest AppleMusic app on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or AppleTV 4K. Turn on lossless audio in Settings > Music > Audio Quality. You can choose between Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless for cellular or Wi-Fi connections. Note that Hi-Res Lossless requires external equipment such as a USB digital to analogconverter.

  For a full list of compatible devices, please see support.apple.com/en-us/HT212183.

• Can I share with my family?

  Yes. With an AppleMusic Family Plan, up to six people in the family can enjoy all the features and the full catalog of AppleMusic. To get started, just set up FamilySharing on your iOS or iPadOS device, Android phone, or Mac and invite family members to join.

• Are there commercials?

  AppleMusic has zero ads.

• Am I eligible for a three-month AppleMusic free offer? How do I redeemit?

  New subscribers can get three months of AppleMusic free with an eligible audio device. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is running the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. Then you can activate your AppleMusic trial after you pair your audio device to your iPhone or iPad. Youll have three months to redeem the offer after the first activation of the eligibledevice.5

• What is AppleMusic Classical?

  AppleMusic Classical is a companion app for AppleMusic subscribers. Included with AppleMusic plans for Individual, Family, and Student subscribers as well as AppleOne, at no additional cost, AppleMusic Classical is a dedicated classical music service designed by and for all types of classical music listeners. Classical music experts will delight in the largest collection of its kind, excellent search capability, and the high-quality audio that classical music deserves. If youre new to the genre, you can discover classical music through curated playlists, intuitive browsing, and detailed descriptions ofworks.

• Why a separate app for classical music?

  Classical music is different from contemporary genres. Works have multiple movements and tracks; famous pieces have hundreds of recordings with different orchestras, conductors, and soloists. AppleMusic Classical is tailored to the needs of classical music lovers with a unique approach to search, browse, library, and recommendation features. Listeners can also dive deeper with background information about artists, composers, andworks.

• How do I get AppleMusic Classical and where can I listen toit?

  You can download the AppleMusic Classical app from the AppStore or Google Play. Its available for iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS15.4 or later, and for Android smartphones with Android 6 (Marshmallow) orlater.

  Youll also need AppleMusic installed on the same device its usually preinstalled on iPhone andiPad.

  AppleMusic Classical is included with all AppleMusic plans at no extra charge theres no separate subscription. If youre not yet an AppleMusic subscriber, its easy to sign up from AppleMusic or AppleMusicClassical.

  AppleMusic Classical has a shared library with AppleMusic, which means that the classical tracks, albums, and playlists added in either app are instantly available in the other. You can listen on all your devices and in the car with CarPlay online oroffline.

• Is classical music still available in AppleMusic?

  Yes, both apps offer the largest classical catalog in the world. However, AppleMusic Classical includes multiple additional features, such as classical browse, a search engine designed for classical music, handpicked recommendations, composer and artist bios, and descriptions of theworks.

• Does AppleMusic Classical also offer other genres?

  No, AppleMusic Classical is classical only, but it does include lots of film and other crossover genres with classical music. AppleMusic Classical users can also listen to more than 100 million songs on AppleMusic through their subscription.