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Apple Music now available in India for as little as Rs 120
01 Jul 2015

Apple Music is now available for users in India. With the release of iOS 8.4, the new service has been made accessible in 100 countries.

According to a FirstPost report, the company will first allow a free trial period of three months. After that users will have to pay Rs 120 per month for individual accounts and Rs 190 per month for a group account of up to six people, which is much cheaper than the US (the US pricing for $9.99 and $14.99 for individual and group of six, respectively).

Apple Music is available on iOS devices, as well as Mac and PC. The company is also expected to launch it for Android soon.

It will allow users to stream music across genres such as Dance, Pop, Rock, Bollywood, among others. During the launch, the company had promised over 30 million songs. For Indian music, looks like Apple has tied up with Sony Music, Zee Music, Universal Music, to name a few. However, as pointed out by ET Tech, the leading Indian label T-series seems to be missing from the list.

Apple Music service looks into three main parameters – discovering and downloading music, the Beats 1 radio service and Connect feature. It comes with new sections like – For You, New, Radio and Connect. An all time open Search tab will allow searching for genre, songs or album of your choice.

The app will ask users what kind of music it prefers and also choose from regional languages. It will then populate the ‘For You’ section with some specially curated playlists. Apple Music is believed to be all about curating playlists. It is also said to be more of human work than some algorithm. So, it is quite likely that the more you listen to music; it will curate playlists that suit users the best.

In the live radio section, you will be limited to a Bollywood station and a Tamil station. However, you will find several other station classified on the basis of genres, but playing international music. The Apple Music also offers the ‘connect’ section to follow the artists of your choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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