Wow, I'm really excited to hear this. I've been struggling over which music subscription service to keep (I subscribe to both amazon unlimited and apple music). Admittedly, I was leaning toward unsubbing from apple music, but didn't because I have so many personal playlists I just didn't have the time or the inclination to recreate on the amazon service. Also, I find creating playlists far less intutive on the amazon platform. So this news makes me very happy.
On 11/30/18, Chris Chaffin <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://macdailynews.com/2018/11/30/apple-music-comes-to-amazon-echo-smart-speakers-starting-december-17th/ > > Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers starting December 17th > Friday, November 30, 2018 > Highlighting growing cooperation between the two companies, Amazon has > announced that Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo smart speakers starting > December 17th via The Amazon Blog: > > Music has always been one of Alexa’s most popular features and today we’re > excited to announce that Apple Music will be available on Echo devices > beginning the week of December 17. > > Apple Music subscribers will be able to enjoy Apple Music’s 50 million songs > on Echo devices. Customers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favorite > songs, artists, and albums—or any of the playlists made by Apple Music’s > editors from around the world, covering many activities and moods. Customers > will also be able to ask Alexa to stream expert-made radio stations centered > on popular genres like Hip-Hop, decades like the 80s, and even music from > around the world, like K-Pop. Just ask Alexa to play Beats 1 to hear Apple > Music’s global livestream including in-depth artist interviews— all > completely ad-free. Simply enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and > link your account to start listening. > > “Music is one of the most popular features on Alexa—since we launched Alexa > four years ago, customers are listening to more music in their homes than > ever before,” said Dave Limp, senior vice president, Amazon Devices. “We are > committed to offering great music providers to our customers and since > launching the Music Skill API to developers just last month, we’ve expanded > the music selection on Alexa to include even more top tier services. We’re > thrilled to bring Apple Music – one of the most popular music services in > the US – to Echo customers this holiday.” > > Customers tell us that the simplicity and ease of asking Alexa for the > content they want to hear has brought more music into their homes. Customers > ask Alexa to play all kinds of music in many different languages. They > stream tens of millions of hours of radio per month and have set tens of > millions of music alarms since the feature launched less than a year ago. > > Fun fact: Top country is the most requested music to wake up to. > > We’re excited to bring Apple Music to our Alexa customers this holiday > season. > > Source: Amazon > > MacDailyNews Take: Oh ok. > > Sleep tight, Spotify. > > SEE ALSO: > Apple slashes MacBook and MacBook Pro prices by up to $300 on Amazon – > November 20, 2018 > Amazon strikes deal with Apple to sell new iPhones, iPads, and more > worldwide – November 9, 2018 > Apple in preliminary talks to take stake in U.S. radio company iHeartMedia – > November 1, 2018 > Apple Music’s Beats 1 opens NYC studio – October 23, 2018 > Apple Music continues to take share from Spotify – September 25, 2018 > Why Apple Music surpassed Spotify in the U.S. – July 12, 2018 > Apple slices into Spotify’s lead in U.S. music market – July 9, 2018 > Apple Music now has more paying subscribers in the U.S. than Spotify – July > 6, 2018 > Apple revs up their own music publishing business – June 14, 2018 > Oliver Schusser named new Apple Music chief as service passes 40 million > subscribers – April 11, 2018 > Apple Music hits 40 million paid subscribers milestone – April 4, 2018 > Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers – March 12, 2018 > Apple Music expands student membership pricing to 82 new countries – > February 13, 2018 > Apple Music poised to knock off Spotify – February 12, 2018 > Apple Music was always going to win – February 6, 2018 > Apple Music on track to overtake Spotify, become No. 1 streaming service in > U.S. this summer – February 4, 2018 > Apple Music and Spotify now account for the majority of music consumption in > the UK – January 3, 2018 > Spotify files for its IPO – January 3, 2018 > Spotify hit with $1.6 billion lawsuit from music publisher – January 2, > 2018 > Apple Music passes Pandora and Spotify in mobile usage – March 29, 2017 > Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers – March 3, 2017 > Apple Music surpasses 20 million paid members 17 months after launch – > December 6, 2016 > Oh ok, Spotify listeners are upgrading to Apple Music – July 19, 2015 > Spotify CEO claims to be ‘ok’ with Apple Music – June 9, 2015 > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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