Apple's new streaming music service: 5 interesting things

Zee Media Bureau

Apple has launched its most anticipated music streaming service that builds on the iPhone maker`s strengths in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora and other established players.

While late to the streaming music business, Apple has strong advantages: deep relationships with music companies; a global brand; and hundreds of millions of customers - and their credit cards - through iTunes.

Apple has long been a leader in digital music, but it has lost ground in recent years as subscription services such as Spotify have caught on with consumers.

Here's looking at five interesting things about the new music streaming service by Apple.


- Apple news streaming music service has a global radio station called Beats 1.

- With the Apple Music service, artists can connect directly with their fans.

- Apple says its new music app will cost $10 a month for one person or $15 a month for a family of up to six people.

- Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice-president of Internet software and services, adds that the first three months will be free.

- Apple Music will launch in more than 100 countries at the end of the month with a software update. He says it is also coming to Android devices in the fall.


With Agency Inputs