Apple Music

Questions? Answers.

• What is Apple Music?

  Apple Music is a streaming service that allows you to listen to over 90 million songs. Its great features include the ability to download your favourite tracks and play them offline, lyrics in real time, listening across all your favourite devices, new music personalised just for you, curated playlists from our editors and many more. All this in addition to exclusive and original content.

• How can I listen to Apple Music?

  Apple Music is already on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac — and you can listen with CarPlay or online at music.apple.com/sg. Apple Music is also available on Windows, Android and other devices.

• What does it cost?

  That all depends on which offer you choose. (1) Students can choose the Apple Music Student Plan at S$5.98 per month. (2) An individual monthly subscription is just S$9.98 per month after your free trial. (3) The Apple Music Family Plan, which allows you to share your account with up to five people and gives each member a personal account, is just S$14.98 per month. (4) The Apple Music Individual Plan and the Apple Music Family Plan are also included in Apple One, which bundles up to three other Apple services into a single monthly subscription. Apple One plans start at S$16.95 per month.

• What is Dolby Atmos music?

  Dolby Atmos is an innovative audio technology that envelops you in an immersive listening experience. While music mixed in stereo is limited to left and right channels, music created in Dolby Atmos is freed from channels, allowing artists to place individual sounds all around you. Artists can also decide the volume, size and vibrancy of each instrument to reveal nuanced details in the music.

• How can I listen to Dolby Atmos music?

  Apple Music subscribers using the latest version of Apple Music on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV can listen to thousands of Dolby Atmos music tracks using any headphones. When you listen with compatible Apple or Beats headphones, Dolby Atmos music plays back automatically when available for a song. For other headphones, go to Settings > Music > Audio and set Dolby Atmos to Always On. You can also hear Dolby Atmos music using the built-in speakers on a compatible iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air or iMac, or by connecting your Apple TV 4K to one of the following: a Dolby Atmos–compatible sound bar, a Dolby Atmos–enabled AV receiver or a television that supports Dolby Atmos audio. For the full list of compatible devices, please see https://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT212182.

• What is lossless audio?

  Lossless audio compression reduces the original file size of a song while preserving all of the data perfectly. Apple Music is making its entire catalogue of more than 90 million songs available in lossless audio at different resolutions. In Apple Music, “Lossless” refers to lossless audio up to 48kHz and “Hi-Res Lossless” refers to lossless audio from 48kHz to 192kHz. Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless files are very large and use much more bandwidth and storage space than standard AAC files.

• How can I listen to lossless audio?

  You can listen to lossless audio using the latest Apple Music app on an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV. Turn on lossless audio in Settings > Music > Audio Quality. You can choose between Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless for mobile network or Wi-Fi connections. Note that Hi-Res Lossless requires external equipment such as a USB digital to analog converter.

• Can I share with my family?

  Yes. With an Apple Music Family Plan, up to six people in the family can enjoy all the features and the full catalogue of Apple Music. To get started, just set up Family Sharing on your iOS or iPadOS device, Android phone or Mac and invite family members to join.

• Is there an Apple Music student subscription?

  Students get the same Apple Music features and benefits as individual members. Once your student status with your university is verified, you get student membership pricing for up to four years, as long as you remain a student. After four years, your membership will continue at the individual member price.

• Are there commercials?

  Apple Music has zero ads.

• Is Apple Music the same as iTunes?

  Your iTunes library is still yours. You can access your entire collection from Apple Music or from iTunes for macOS or Windows.

• Am I eligible for a six-month free Apple Music offer? How do I redeem it?

  New subscribers can get six months of Apple Music free with an eligible audio device. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is running the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. Then you can activate your Apple Music trial after you pair your audio device to your iPhone or iPad. You’ll have three months to redeem the offer after the first activation of the eligible device.^◊