It takes a really specific consumer to acquire an Android phone, yet use Apple Music. Yet the tiny overlap because Venn diagram may be growing. Last month at WWDC, Apple revealed a totally free upgrade for Apple Music customers that added lossless audio streaming and also spatial sound with support for Dolby Atmos. Now, Android individuals can access these functions too.
Last year, Google closed down its Google Play Songs application (HOLE) with the intent for individuals to migrate to YouTube Music. Some long time Android followers are still unpleased concerning that decision and don’t feel that YouTube Songs is up to the same level– however, for audiophiles, these Apple Songs updates could be what it takes to obtain them to switch over. However, not all Android gadgets support Atmos yet.
Apple Songs isn’t the only streaming system ramping up its audio top quality. On the exact same day that Apple announced its updated audio functions at WWDC, Amazon Music also announced that it would certainly sustain lossless streaming and spatial audio with Atmos performance. Like Apple, Amazon supplies these improvements at no additional price for customers. Spotify intends to release a lossless audio feature also, called HiFi, yet it will be a costs add-on, as opposed to a totally free upgrade like Apple Music or Amazon Songs. YouTube Music doesn’t yet supply a comparable feature.
Presently, Spotify leads the streaming sector with 158 million paid subscribers. For comparison, Apple Music had 60 million customers in June 2019, and Amazon Music had 55 million in January 2020, but both companies haven’t shared updated numbers ever since; YouTube Songs has at the very least 20 million paid users. Also on consumer-grade headphones, you can listen to the difference between a lossless FLAC data and a compressed mp3– but if you’re such an eager audiophile that you need to listen to master-quality sound, simply obtain Tidal.