What is Apple Music? Is it the same as iTunes?

Apple Music 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 Apple Music or from iTunes for macOS or Windows.

How can I listen to Apple Music?

Apple Music is already on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV 4K and Mac — and you can listen online at music.apple.com . Apple Music is also available on Windows and Android devices, Sonos speakers, Amazon Echo, Google Nest, smart TVs, and more.

What does Apple Music cost?

That all depends on which offer you choose. (1) Students can choose the Apple Music Student Plan at $3.49 per month. (2) An individual monthly subscription is just $6.49 per month after your free trial. (3) The Apple Music Family Plan, which allows you to share your account with up to five people and gives each member a personal account, is just $9.99 per month. (4) The Apple Music Individual Plan and the Apple Music Family Plan are also included in Apple One , which bundles three other Apple services into a single monthly subscription. Apple One plans start at $12.95 per month. Apple Music Classical is included with Apple Music Student, Individual, and Family Plans.

Is there an Apple Music student subscription?

Students get the same Apple Music 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.

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. Apple Music subscribers using the latest version of Apple Music on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV 4K 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 built‑in speakers on a compatible iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac, or by connecting your Apple TV 4K to one of the following: a Dolby Atmos–compatible sound bar, a Dolby Atmos–enabled AV receiver, or a television that supports Dolby Atmos audio. For the full list of compatible devices, please see support.apple.com/en-lamr/HT212182 .

What is lossless audio 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. Apple Music is making its entire catalog of more than 100 million songs available in lossless audio at different resolutions. In Apple Music, “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 Apple Music app on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV 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 analog converter.

Can I share with my family?

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

Am I eligible for a three-month Apple Music free offer? How do I redeem it?

New subscribers can get three months of Apple Music 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 Apple Music trial after you pair your audio device to your iPhone or iPad. You’ll have three months to redeem the offer after the first activation of the eligible device.

What is Apple Music Classical?

Apple Music Classical is a companion app for Apple Music subscribers. Included with Apple Music plans for Individual, Family, and Student subscribers as well as Apple One, at no additional cost, Apple Music 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 you’re new to the genre, you can discover classical music through curated playlists, intuitive browsing, and detailed descriptions of works.

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. Apple Music 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, and works.

How do I get Apple Music Classical and where can I listen to it?

You can download the Apple Music Classical app from the App Store or Google Play. It’s available for iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 15.4 or later, and for Android smartphones with Android 6 (Marshmallow) or later. You’ll also need Apple Music installed on the same device — it’s usually preinstalled on iPhone and iPad. Apple Music Classical is included with all Apple Music plans at no extra charge — there’s no separate subscription. If you’re not yet an Apple Music subscriber, it’s easy to sign up from Apple Music or Apple Music Classical. Apple Music Classical has a shared library with Apple Music, 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 — online or offline.

Is classical music still available in Apple Music?

Yes, both apps offer the largest classical catalog in the world. However, Apple Music 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 the works.

Does Apple Music Classical also offer other genres?

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

Apple Music

Listening Experience

Music at its most immersive.

Kendrick Lamar

Enjoy a next-level possible listening experience with features that make the most of your favorite music. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos¹ meets AutoMix⁶ to envelop you in multidimensional sound while crafting unique transitions with beat matching and time stretching. Lossless audio preserves every detail of the original recordings, just as the artist intended.² And now Music Haptics reach even more senses with taps, textures, and vibrations when you listen on iPhone.⁷

iPhone screen displaying the Kendrick Lamar album “GNX” on Apple Music

Music Discovery

Where your new favorites find you.

Over 100 million songs are yours for the playing. Get personalized suggestions in the Home tab with playlists and stations designed to fit your taste. Explore the Discovery station, which serves up fresh mixes and curates new picks each time you listen. Or explore a world of genres in the New tab. Automatic notifications about your favorite artists make sure you never miss a beat.

Apple Music Home tab screen on iPhone, Top Picks for You carousel showing Jenny Court's personalized stations and playlists

Exclusive Content

Beyond the songs.
Straight from the source.

Kacey Musgraves
and FINNEAS

Step inside the minds of your favorite artists with in-depth interviews. Catch exclusive intimate performances with Apple Music Live. Keep a pulse on music scenes around the world with live local, global, and artist-led radio shows and stations. And retrace the most iconic sounds of all time with Apple Music 100 Best Albums.

Listen live for free

Apple Music Live screen on iPhone showing Watch Now and past performances

Apple Music Sing

It’s not karaoke.
It’s way better.

Lyrics from the song “All of Me” by Nao illuminate in sync with the song on a TV screen

With Apple Music Sing, you and your friends can sing along to millions of songs.⁹ Real-time lyrics animate to the rhythm of the music — and translations with pronunciations let you belt out songs in their original language.¹⁰ Adjustable vocals let you take the lead or sing backup. Duet view shows the vocalists’ verses on opposite sides of the screen, so it’s easy to stay in sync. And now your iPhone doubles as a microphone¹¹ — pair it with Apple TV to bring the party to the big screen.

iPhone on left showing Apple Music Sing mode on iPhone playing “ILY” by Kapo and Myke Towers, iPhone on right showing Apple Music Sing mode on iPhone with heart emojis rising up from the bottom of the screen, microphone icon in middle of screen, “Song Vocals” and “Mic Reverb” icons at bottom of screen

Shared Listening

Get your friends in
the mix.

Cover art from a collaborative playlist called Road Trip Playlist surrounded by memojis

Apple Music Classical

The definitive
classical music app.

The Apple Music Classical app is included with your Apple Music subscription, giving you access to the world’s largest classical music catalog in next-level audio quality. New Listening Guides deliver liner notes synced to every composition. And personalized recommendations, curated stations, and a powerful search designed specifically for the genre’s nuances bring every note into perfect harmony.

Listen now

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iPhone on left showing Apple Music Classical Browse tab with the Catalog tab selected with Composers, Periods, Genres, Conductors, Orchestras, Soloists, Ensembles, and Choirs categories; iPhone in middle showing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando playing in Dolby Atmos; iPhone on right showing Ludwig van Beethoven's Composer page

Shazam Music Discovery

Never miss a beat.

The Shazam app works seamlessly with Apple Music, making it easy to identify and add songs in seconds. Use the app to identify music playing around you or on your favorite apps and websites. You can even use Shazam to search for artists and find out who’s on tour.

Get the app

iPhone screen shows “APT” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars indicating that Shazam has identified the song

Questions? Answers.

Apple Music 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 Apple Music or from iTunes for macOS or Windows.
Apple Music is already on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV 4K and Mac — and you can listen online at music.apple.com. Apple Music is also available on Windows and Android devices, Sonos speakers, Amazon Echo, Google Nest, smart TVs, and more.
That all depends on which offer you choose. (1) Students can choose the Apple Music Student Plan at $3.49 per month. (2) An individual monthly subscription is just $6.49 per month after your free trial. (3) The Apple Music Family Plan, which allows you to share your account with up to five people and gives each member a personal account, is just $9.99 per month. (4) The Apple Music Individual Plan and the Apple Music Family Plan are also included in Apple One, which bundles three other Apple services into a single monthly subscription. Apple One plans start at $12.95 per month.

Apple Music Classical is included with Apple Music Student, Individual, and Family Plans.
Students get the same Apple Music 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.
Dolby Atmos is an audio technology that creates an immersive listening experience in which sound comes from all around you.

Apple Music subscribers using the latest version of Apple Music on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV 4K 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 built‑in speakers on a compatible iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac, or by connecting your Apple TV 4K to one of the following: a Dolby Atmos–compatible sound bar, a Dolby Atmos–enabled AV receiver, or a television that supports Dolby Atmos audio. For the full list of compatible devices, please see support.apple.com/en-lamr/HT212182.
Lossless audio compression reduces the original file size of a song while preserving all of the data perfectly. Apple Music is making its entire catalog of more than 100 million songs available in lossless audio at different resolutions. In Apple Music, “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 Apple Music app on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV 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 analog converter.
Yes. With an Apple Music Family Plan, up to six people in the family can enjoy all the features and the full catalog of Apple Music. To get started, just set up Family Sharing on your iOS or iPadOS device, Android phone, or Mac and invite family members to join.
Apple Music has zero ads.
New subscribers can get three months of Apple Music 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 Apple Music trial after you pair your audio device to your iPhone or iPad. You’ll have three months to redeem the offer after the first activation of the eligible device.^◊
Apple Music Classical is a companion app for Apple Music subscribers. Included with Apple Music plans for Individual, Family, and Student subscribers as well as Apple One, at no additional cost, Apple Music 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 you’re new to the genre, you can discover classical music through curated playlists, intuitive browsing, and detailed descriptions of works.
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. Apple Music 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, and works.
You can download the Apple Music Classical app from the App Store or Google Play. It’s available for iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 15.4 or later, and for Android smartphones with Android 6 (Marshmallow) or later.

You’ll also need Apple Music installed on the same device — it’s usually preinstalled on iPhone and iPad.

Apple Music Classical is included with all Apple Music plans at no extra charge — there’s no separate subscription. If you’re not yet an Apple Music subscriber, it’s easy to sign up from Apple Music or Apple Music Classical.

Apple Music Classical has a shared library with Apple Music, 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 — online or offline.
Yes, both apps offer the largest classical catalog in the world. However, Apple Music 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 the works.
No, Apple Music Classical is classical only, but it does include lots of film and other crossover genres with classical music. Apple Music Classical users can also listen to more than 100 million songs on Apple Music through their subscription.

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