The giants of streaming offer a lot for music and podcast fans alike. Let's see how they compare on price, catalog, features and more. Apple Music and Spotify are the two biggest names in music streaming.

Apple's evolving music streaming service makes some welcome improvements

The basics of Apple Music
Their decision will be based on a service that does some things well, but — as Apple itself has admitted — needs improvement in other areas. An Android version will follow later this year. For the most part, the catalogue is the same as those of its rivals. Some elements, including Beats 1, are available for free to non-members who sign in with an Apple ID.
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T he new Apple Music streaming service has been live for about two weeks now, providing ample time to not just to test its various features out but to live with it. I suspect Apple Music will probably be especially interesting to slightly older users like me as in, over Not only are we used to the idea of paying for music, but Apple Music is designed to mesh with the digital collections we already own. You have to upgrade to the latest version of iTunes or the iOS operating system on your phone or tablet to see it. The songs or albums can stream to your computer, iPhone, or iPad over an Internet connection, or you can download them to play directly from your device. Music you bought on iTunes is still yours, though. If you start streaming music and listen a lot in your car, or while running or walking or otherwise out of wi-fi range, you are going to start eating up a lot of your wireless data plan. For example, my wife uses less than 1 gigabyte of data per month, while I often use more than 2 gigabytes. The difference is almost entirely my Spotify and now Apple Music usage. You can, however, control this cost somewhat by downloading playlists or favorite songs to your phone when you are on wi-fi.