{"id":342784,"date":"2017-06-06T02:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T18:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1499754"},"modified":"2017-06-06T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T18:43:22","slug":"apple-music-hits-27m-paid-subs-adds-musickit-api-and-social-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-music-hits-27m-paid-subs-adds-musickit-api-and-social-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music hits 27M paid subs, adds MusicKit API and social listening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ping is still dead but Apple Music is becoming more social, and more flexible so it can work with all your other devices or apps. This slew of new features will roll out with iOS 11 this fall.<\/p>\n

Today at WWDC Apple announced that Apple Music now has 27 million paid subscribers compared to Spotify\u2019s 50 million. This shows its pre-installation plus free trial strategy is helping Apple Music catch up to Spotify with its free ad-supported tier.<\/p>\n

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Developers will now be able to the new MusicKit API to use your Apple Music subscription to play full songs in their apps. Developers can access your Cloud Library, pull your For You recommendations for music personalization, surface Featured music and charts to bubble up what\u2019s most popular, and search through playlists, stations, and categories.<\/p>\n

MusicKit will will power Nike+ Run integrations with your playlists, the ability to instantly add songs to your library that you identify with Shazam, and let you DJ with all of Apple Music\u2019s 40 million songs via podcasting app Anchor. MusicKit gives Apple Music a competing developer platform to Spotify\u2019s range of APIs and SDKs<\/a> that similarly let paid subscribers bring their music collection and all of Spotify\u2019s songs to other apps.<\/p>\n

The new AirPlay 2 bakes multi-room audio speaker control directly into iOS so you can easily play songs in specific parts of your house with Apple Music.<\/p>\n

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Apple Music user profiles are becoming more social. If you connect with a friend via Apple Music, you\u2019ll be able to see what they\u2019re listening most or hearing right now so you can tune in to the same jams. Again, this replicates the social listening features Spotify debuted with Facebook back in 2011. Friends will also be able to add music to your Up Next queue, which is like a lightweight veresion of Spotify\u2019s collaborative playlists.<\/p>\n

Apple appears to be taking Spotify\u2019s platform and social playbook, and making these features accessible in the layman\u2019s streaming music app. While Spotify focuses its own algorithmic music discovery playlists like Discover Weekly, Apple is trying to convert former MP3 buyers into a new generation of streamers by focusing on simplicity and adaptability.<\/p>\n

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\"\" Ping is still dead but Apple Music is becoming more social, and more flexible so it can work with all your other devices or apps. This slew of new features will roll out with iOS 11 this fall. Today at WWDC Apple announced that Apple Music now has 27 million paid subscribers compared to Spotify’s 50 million. This shows its pre-installation plus free trial strategy is helping Apple… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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