Apple Music now on Android

Lord Spence

Apple Music Beta has now launched on Android devices and as per ios users the first 3 months access are free

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music

Basq

Been thinking of ditching Spotify for Apple Music..

.. but Sonos integration is the only thing stopping me!

Lord Spence

I'd love to ditch google play music for spotify but the only thing stopping me is I can use my phone credit to pay for google play music and can't with spotify. Still getting my €10 bonus credit with threepay that they offered for life from years ago

Raoul

Lord Spence wrote: »

I'd love to ditch google play music for spotify but the only thing stopping me is I can use my phone credit to pay for google play music and can't with spotify. Still getting my €10 bonus credit with threepay that they offered for life from years ago

Exact same with me :pac:

ThisRegard

Why do people want to ditch Spotify?

Does the Apple app allow offline storage?

Shane.C

Google play let's me give access to my family, ten people can use it and listen to different songs simultaneously. Spotify looks nicer but allowing only three people access, and they only let one song be played across the three devices simultaneously is a joke. Anyone any idea of what the story is with devices on Apples service?

Mantis Toboggan

Hard to beat Spotify.

Anyone know if apple have the beatles or Chromecast support?

marcbrophy

Lord Spence wrote: »

I'd love to ditch google play music for spotify but the only thing stopping me is I can use my phone credit to pay for google play music and can't with spotify. Still getting my €10 bonus credit with threepay that they offered for life from years ago

I still haven't figured out how to pay for GPM with my mobile credit.
I've tried a few times now and failed.

Think it's got to do with the fact that I'm on the once off price of 7.99 still after they upped the price to 9.99

Anyone with experience apple music attest to what it's like?

ThisRegard

Shane.C wrote: »

Spotify looks nicer but allowing only three people access, and they only let one song be played across the three devices simultaneously is a joke. Anyone any idea of what the story is with devices on Apples service?

The 3 device limit applies to off line content, not just 3 people being allowed to listen.

Ste-

marcbrophy wrote: »

I still haven't figured out how to pay for GPM with my mobile credit.
I've tried a few times now and failed.

Think it's got to do with the fact that I'm on the once off price of 7.99 still after they upped the price to 9.99

I pay for my GPM with my three credit for 7.99. handy as ever.

marcbrophy

Ste- wrote: »

I pay for my GPM with my three credit for 7.99. handy as ever.

Damn you to hell Ste :pac:

Even though I have carrier billing set up as a payment option, when I go to my GPM subscription and try to change payment type, I can only pick between my Visas!

cruhoortwunk

Dont forget to turn off auto renew under account>subscription

polaris68

marcbrophy wrote: »

I still haven't figured out how to pay for GPM with my mobile credit.
I've tried a few times now and failed.

Think it's got to do with the fact that I'm on the once off price of 7.99 still after they upped the price to 9.99

Anyone with experience apple music attest to what it's like?

Signed up out of curiosity more than anything else. Still officially in beta but works fine. Hard to distinguish it from any of the other streaming apps TBH, but I need to delve further into it.

You get 3 months subscription for free as long as you cancel in time which is pretty good compared to others.

Ste-

marcbrophy wrote: »

Damn you to hell Ste :pac:

Even though I have carrier billing set up as a payment option, when I go to my GPM subscription and try to change payment type, I can only pick between my Visas!

It should say Bill my 3 account and a drop down beside the price no ?

heebusjeebus

App is not compatible with the Nexus 6p :mad:

Raoul

Ste- wrote: »

I pay for my GPM with my three credit for 7.99. handy as ever.

How do you all have it for 7.99?? :mad::mad:

Ste-

Raoul wrote: »

How do you all have it for 7.99?? :mad::mad:

When the service was first introduced this was the price.

dahat

Re Spotify.

I have a premium account on two mobiles plus a laptop but if my wife wants to use it on her mobile can she?

Also is the one song only at any one time correct?

Hugh Cream

you can use spotify on as many platforms as possible, but you can only use one platform at a time.
so for instance if you are listening on your computer, and youre wife goes to use on her phone, what you are listening to turns off.
you can buy family package which allows three people to use at same time but its something ridiculous like €30 a month.
compared to €15 a month for 5 users(although someone above said ten users :eek:) for apple music.
im cancelling spotify.

DopeTech

heebusjeebus wrote: »

App is not compatible with the Nexus 6p :mad:

Or my Vodafone smart ultra 6, wtf?

Lord Spence

FrostyJim wrote: »

Or my Vodafone smart ultra 6, wtf?

App works fine on my smart ultra 6

dahat

FrostyJim wrote: »

Or my Vodafone smart ultra 6, wtf?

Maybe cos its rooted?

DopeTech

Lord Spence wrote: »

App works fine on my smart ultra 6

Must know I rooted it so.

dahat

Hugh Cream wrote: »

you can use spotify on as many platforms as possible, but you can only use one platform at a time.
so for instance if you are listening on your computer, and youre wife goes to use on her phone, what you are listening to turns off.
you can buy family package which allows three people to use at same time but its something ridiculous like €30 a month.
compared to €15 a month for 5 users(although someone above said ten users :eek:) for apple music.
im cancelling spotify.

Will wait till its gets better before subscribing to it.
€15 for 5 users is great value tbh

marcbrophy

polaris68 wrote: »

Signed up out of curiosity more than anything else. Still officially in beta but works fine. Hard to distinguish it from any of the other streaming apps TBH, but I need to delve further into it.

You get 3 months subscription for free as long as you cancel in time which is pretty good compared to others.

Cool, thanks for that, might give it a try then.

Ste- wrote: »

It should say Bill my 3 account and a drop down beside the price no ?

Unfortunately not dude, this might be because I set up carrier billing after the GPM subscription was first created, but I can't be certain!

Not to worry!

DopeTech

For anyone getting the message that its not compatible with their device.

APK download.

BionicRasher

Shane.C wrote: »

Google play let's me give access to my family, ten people can use it and listen to different songs simultaneously.

Is that a family subscription? How much is it?

ThisRegard

Hugh Cream wrote: »

you can use spotify on as many platforms as possible, but you can only use one platform at a time.

Not necessarily true, if you have content downloaded off line, or Spotify on certain platforms like TVs or radios, the restriction is not there.

I know it's unlikely that you'd have say your phone or tablet off line, but it's a possibility.

duridian

Crikey, when I heard Hell freezes over in November, I thought they meant the place in Norway. :-p

mrdmb

Anyone tried Qobuz...its brilliant as well with great music quality...

rayfitzharris

Anyone know Apple Music on Android will be able to do airplay sending?
Saw no mention of it so far, it'll be a dealbreaker if not.

mrdmb

mrdmb wrote: »

Anyone tried Qobuz...its brilliant as well with great music quality...

I have been using them for a while they also have one month free trial on the premium account which can be used on tablets and phones plus offline storage

Sappy404

Basq wrote: »

Been thinking of ditching Spotify for Apple Music..

.. but Sonos integration is the only thing stopping me!

If you really want shot of Spotify and Sonos supports DLNA/UPNP, you can use an app called BubbleUPNP to play Google Play Music or Qobuz over WiFi. Just select the Sonos as the renderer and log in to your google/Qobuz account in the Cloud section and you're away. I use it to play onto a Logitech Smart Radio.

Birneybau

ThisRegard wrote: »

Not necessarily true, if you have content downloaded off line, or Spotify on certain platforms like TVs or radios, the restriction is not there.

I know it's unlikely that you'd have say your phone or tablet off line, but it's a possibility.

That's what I do, let a mate and my girlfriend use it but tell them to take what they want saved offline, so me, the master! :pac: can use it how I see fit.

poeticmakaveli

Had to leave them I phones behind for the galaxy s5' and 6! Free Spotify,where else would you get it ;-)

ThisRegard

Sappy404 wrote: »

If you really want shot of Spotify and Sonos supports DLNA/UPNP, you can use an app called BubbleUPNP to play Google Play Music or Qobuz over WiFi. Just select the Sonos as the renderer and log in to your google/Qobuz account in the Cloud section and you're away. I use it to play onto a Logitech Smart Radio.

But the Logitech Smart Radio has the Spotify app on it anyway?

Are you saying you stream your Google Play music to the smart radio?

Sappy404

ThisRegard wrote: »

But the Logitech Smart Radio has the Spotify app on it anyway?

Are you saying you stream your Google Play music to the smart radio?

Yes. Basq said that functionality with Sonos was the only thing keeping him with Spotify. I suggested, depending if his Sonos worked with UPNP or DNLA, that he could use that app and GPM or Qobuz with his Sonos instead of Spotify.

The Smart Radio was just an example of how it can work. If you have a Smart Radio or a Squeezebox, setting it up with Logitech Media Server on your home network enables it to work as a UPNP/DNLA receiver, and you can use the likes of BubbleUPNP (which can play music on your Google/Qobuz/Dropbox/OneDrive account, etc.) to play music to it.

ThisRegard

Ah yeah, I understand where you're coming from regarding using your own LMS. Out of interest, what are you running it on ? I've often thought about putting one on a Raspberry Pi, but with the existing Spotify app(recently updated), other than when there's either a Smart Radio or a Squeezebox server outage, I've never felt the need that I have to do so yet.

Sappy404

ThisRegard wrote: »

Ah yeah, I understand where you're coming from regarding using your own LMS. Out of interest, what are you running it on ? I've often thought about putting one on a Raspberry Pi, but with the existing Spotify app(recently updated), other than when there's either a Smart Radio or a Squeezebox server outage, I've never felt the need that I have to do so yet.

I have a Synology NAS and I run LMS on that, though truth be told I get more out of the UPNP functionality enabled simply by connecting the radio to LMS than anything else LMS does. Even MP3s I have at home that aren't on streaming sites (Pink Floyd, The Beatles, bootlegs etc) can be uploaded to Google Music anyway.

ThisRegard

Yeah, I have all my own stuff added to Google music, some of which isn't on Spotify, but I'm lazy so just use phono to my phone or tablet when I want to listen to that.

Grab All Association

I pay €5 per month for Spotify. Vodafone

CJmasgrande

So im still confused, which service is cheapest for s family? I was paying far too muchbto spotify for myself and two teenagers

Hugh Cream

dahat wrote: »

Will wait till its gets better before subscribing to it.
€15 for 5 users is great value tbh

sign up, its 3 months free.

clickhere

I have this installed on my phone and find it very good.I tried to install it on a samsung galaxy tab 3,but it tells me that the device is not compatible.Hopefully one of you kind boardies could tell me why.

deadanonymau5

clickhere wrote: »

I have this installed on my phone and find it very good.I tried to install it on a samsung galaxy tab 3,but it tells me that the device is not compatible.Hopefully one of you kind boardies could tell me why.

Running an old version of Android?

deadanonymau5

Lord Spence wrote: »

Apple Music Beta has now launched on Android devices and as per ios users the first 3 months access are free

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music

Thanks for sharing.

Great app, looks much slicker than Spotify.

DopeTech

clickhere wrote: »

I have this installed on my phone and find it very good.I tried to install it on a samsung galaxy tab 3,but it tells me that the device is not compatible.Hopefully one of you kind boardies could tell me why.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97697247&postcount=26

clickhere

Thanks for that Frosty Jim,i installed that apk but when i try to open it just crashes saying it has stopped working.Minimum Android version: Android 4.3+ (Jelly Bean, tab 3 is running 4.4.2 and say its up to date. Thanks for your help.

dunworth1

I've been getting annoyed with Spotifys crappy app for a while now.

Switched to deezer for a trial but found them lacking in new songs.

I've moved to apple music now and am liking it so far app is very slick indeed

ThisRegard

Doesn't seem like there's off line storage?

Sad Professor

ThisRegard wrote: »

Doesn't seem like there's off line storage?

Offline listening you mean? It’s there. But you have to first add the song(s) to My Music and then make it available offline.

See here: https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT205397