Facebook is to take on Apple, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and a host of other music streaming services if rumours are to be believed. The new service will rival players like Spotify and Apple Music for global subscriptions. I’m finding myself very pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to find good songs via the Apple Music service.
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Click the More Options icon to add a song, album or playlist from Apple Music to your iTunes music library. At least by inviting its customers to pay an equal price, Spotify users could avoid the process of copying their Spotify libraries and playlists to Apple Music. It also has the exclusive Connect artist-based social networking feature, which allows music fans to follow their favorite recording stars. That’s true, but only when the service is purchased via the App Store. Apple will charge you from September once the three month free trial period ends. At the moment, Apple Music is only available on the iOS as well as Windows and Mac PCs.
However, a spokesperson for Facebook has refuted this and confirmed to Billboard that they have “no plans to go into music streaming”.
The Tidal family plan is more affordable for families that want to share music, but it is not as cheap as the family plan that Apple Music offers.
The strongest points of the service are great music curation, Siri usability for fast songs launching, while the app has been described as fun to use.
Meanwhile, many users have expressed their discontent over the popular “Home Sharing” feature that the company trashed in favor of Apple Music. In fact, Apple Music’s 24-hour radio station that broadcasts live was not considered to be a successful move.
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Spotify’s email includes a breakdown of how you can switch over billing, which also means you’ll have to stop your automatic renewal via iTunes. Before you start this, make sure that you have at least 30 minutes, as this is the amount of time you will spend to update your device to iOS 8.4.
