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Apple Music coming to PlayStation 5
- Thread starter pauljeremiah
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Sony and Apple have been quite cosy lately or is it just me?
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Steve Jobs always had respect for Sony, too bad we never got Sony Macs.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Fuck yea. All I use is Apple Music now.
So you can play Amon Amarth while playing AC Valhalla of course.
So you can play Amon Amarth while playing AC Valhalla of course.
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Dream-Knife
Banned
Just wondering: Does it support native music files? Like can you put music on via a usb flash drive and play from there? Or is in-game music limited to a streaming service? I never tried with my PS4.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Makes sense
LegendOfKage
Member
So what's the difference between apple music and spotify?
ManaByte
Gold Member
Apple Music is the full iTunes library to stream and you can also import your entire MP3 library to iCloud and access it from any device.
Apple Music also "Spatial Audio" which is albums mastered in Dolby Atmos.
DarkestHour
Banned
Apple Music now offers higher bitrate audio which is something Spotify claims to be on the horizon but still has yet to come to fruition.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
Apple technically has higher quality audio but you can't hear it because AirPods don't have enough bandwidth lmao
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
Best news of the day! Thanks Sony and Apple. 
I can’t wait t test the new Audio Spacial sound from Apple Music on my TV.
I can’t wait t test the new Audio Spacial sound from Apple Music on my TV.
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
Just Sony doesn’t want to fork up the money for hosting music or videos anymore. So they don’t care / aren’t a competitor.
ManaByte
Gold Member
You can with Apple Music. Just upload them to iCloud.
RyanEvans21
Member
You Can.
ManaByte
Gold Member
PS5 would need an update to support Atmos for that.
OneShotThrill
Member
Goddamn that goes so hard with Valhalla
Unknown?
Member
Huh guess I am wrong, just never heard about it. So it's like PS4 where you can play off a USB?
killatopak
Gold Member
What’s the chance of Tidal being next?
Kokoloko85
Member
Can you use it while playing games?
01011001
Banned
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RyanEvans21
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BreakOut
Member
I’m really excited for this. Apple 1 is amazing and I was upset about losing PS music. Couldn’t pay for Spotify anymore because I can’t justify paying two music bills. And I might as well pay for the Apple 1 package, I use Apple Arcade and Apple TV enough I’d be crazy not too. I wonder if we’re going to see more Apple stuff popping up though, doesn’t Sony own shares in epic games? I realize money is money but I just wonder how tight things will get. Is this like an enemy of my enemy is my friend deal?
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
Shit! You're fucking right! Do it Sony!
LordOfChaos
Member
Between Apple's Kremlinology with their extremely precise language in presentations, and their aversion to giving praise to other companies, I thought it was interesting when they announced the XBO and Dualshock controller support at a keynote, people started cheering for Dualshock, and the guy on stage even brought attention to it like "We have a lot of Dualshock fans here, huh?"
And yeah Steve Jobs always did admire Sony and that's probably still in their culture. Vaio's on OSX even almost happened, that would have been interesting.
Would be neat to see this go further. Like an Apple TV running Remote Play? Be like a Playstation TV.
boujeejamboree
Member
Likely because their Apple TV+ executives came from Sony and they’ve purchased a lot of shows for their platform from Sony. There were even rumors of a Sony Pictures buyout before Venom and Homecoming revitalized Sony’s movie division.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
Last year I switched from Spotify to Apple Music, and while having a few issues at the beginning, I never looked back:
- The good thing about Spotify's excellent algorithm is that you always get new music you will mostly like but don´t know. The downside about that is that you always will only get the music you already like. It´s harder to "develop" your music taste because the algorithm only recommends the music genres you already listen to. For example, you always listen to American rap, but you don‘t know yet that you would really like Jazz Music. But Spotify won‘t recommend you Jazz because the algorithm thinks you don’t like it - because you never listened to it. That‘s the kicker.
I once tested the Apple Music Algorithm by creating a new Apple ID and starting on Apple Music with a free trial. I let my phone listen to only rap music playlists on repeat, nothing else, only American rap music, for like a week. Time after time, listening to my personal radio station, I got Pop songs, sometimes Electronic or very old school music. People mistake it for a flaw in the algorithm, but I think Apple does this on purpose. It feels more „human“to change the whole Genre from time to time. Spotify doesn’t do that for whatever reason. If you listen to Rap music a lot, Spotify thinks you should listen only to Rap music for the rest of your life.
- If you use Apple Music, tell Siri, "Hey Siri, play new music I like". This was GROUNDBREAKING for me when I tried it out the first time. With this Siri command, Apple Music creates a completely new personal Radio Station that plays like 70% new music based on the music you usually listen to and about 30% of the music you listen to often. This can not be found in the App itself, and it´s like a secret that doesn´t get advertised by Apple. You have to go out of your way with this Siri command to get this. It is so so good. When I drive to work, I usually only play this exceptional Radio station.
- Spotify is way more social, but you have to care about those social features to consider them important. I personally don´t care at all that other people listen to, and I always found that Spotify Wrapped Up is nice, but only for me personally in terms of statistics. It gets so cringe when people start posting their wrapped ups on Instagram and Twitter-like anyone cares, but maybe that´s just me.
- I learned that Spotify is perfect for the casual, young modern listener who´s always looking for a new hit that´s no longer than 2:53 minutes. While Apple Music is more for a puristic listener that listens to many older songs, mostly music he already knows. Someone who doesn’t feel the need to discover new music every day. Suppose you’re more like that kind of a listener than Apple Music is for you. It´s better for people who already know their music taste well and know how to look for new music.
- Apple Music came a long way, and its algorithm got optimized massively during the last couple of months. The algorithm was the main weak point of Apple Music and maybe still is, but it got a lot better.
- Apple Music is significantly louder and better quality-wise if you´re using AirPods 2, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or Powerbeats Pro. The difference is amazing. That´s due to Apples special build-in H1-Chip in Apple's ear- and headphones that only support Apple Music. I tested this over many hours with Spotify's sound options maxed out and normalized Spotify sound. Spotify doesn’t come close to Apple Music in that aspect. Plus Apple Music lets you download music in a lossless format and high-res audio too.
- You can sort your library perfectly, while Spotify doesn´t even have "a real library" where you can edit data of your songs, albums etc. Apple Music is cut off from any podcasts, which I personally like a lot. Podcasts and Music are two different things for me. On Apple Music, I can change Album covers that I don‘t like.
- On Apple Music, I can upload older music from CDs that are nowhere available to stream, and it gets immediately uploaded to the cloud and adds seamlessly to my music library. The experience feels more „Pro“ with Apple Music. It gives you more options than Spotify.
- I can not confirm at all that Apple Music is buggy. It works perfectly fine on all devices I have (iPhone, iMac Pro, iPad Pro, Apple Watch 5). This might have been the case in the beginning phase of AM 2015-2017, but now I´m not having any issues at all.
- Apple Music pays artists almost double the amount of Spotify.
- Apple Music has its own radio stations and radio shows in many countries over the whole world. No algorithms creating playlists, but real people giving their opinions and curating music for you. The difference between what a real person curates and what an algorithm curate is still unreal.
- For me, the interface of Apple Music is levels above what Spotify does design-wise. It fits perfectly the design of iOS and Apple in general and looks so good and clean. I can change the volume right on the player's interface, which on Spotify I can not do.
- Many global, also Chinese corporations like Tencent hold shares and are involved in Spotify. With Spotify, you basically don´t have any data privacy at all; they track everything about your listening experience and then sell your data to anyone willing to pay for it. Same like Google does. Apple also tracks you to some degree, but they keep the data for themselves and don´t sell it to third parties.
If you want to know how I enjoy music: I use Apple Music as my "daily driver" and keep my music library there. I also have a Spotify account which I can keep for free (with ads). I use Songshift to sync my playlists from Apple Music to Spotify. Sometimes, I let my iPhone play my Apple Music playlists on Spotify at a deficient volume at night. The next morning I open the Spotify App. I get outstanding nice new music. Which I then sync over to Apple Music. Like this, you can have the best of both worlds lol.
Deaconstanjesusman
Banned
As an Apple Music user this is good. Not sure if I’ll use it though.
kyliethicc
Member
Good. Discord and Apple Music integration are nice perks.
MrFunSocks
Banned
One is spotify and the other is Apple music.
More options is always better so very nice. I used my trial of it when I got an iPhone but stuck with Spotify.
Shmunter
Member
Apple Arcade next!
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Right. Almost forgot about the Discord deal they did earlier this year.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
Please come to PS4 as well, fucking pleaaaaaaaaase.
I use Apple Music every single day, just love the sound quality on it.
I use Apple Music every single day, just love the sound quality on it.
boujeejamboree
Member
Why would you want to play casual mobile games designed around freemium business models on a PS5?
Damigos
Member
tommib
Gold Member
Tell me you've never tried Apple Arcade without telling me you've never tried Apple Arcade. A lot of gems on that service, my man. But yes, the idea of Apple Arcade outside of Apple devices doesn't make much sense - although all games are also designed to be used with controllers.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Maybe I'll consider switching from Tidal to Apple Music, hmmm...
I'm an Android guy though, how is Apple Music on that? Does it support basic things like casting etc?
I'm an Android guy though, how is Apple Music on that? Does it support basic things like casting etc?
smbu2000
Member
Isn’t that just a bluetooth limitation?
Anyway, apple’s airpods aren't the only way to listen to Apple Music.
It works perfectly fine on computers as well and you can connect to whatever quality speakers you want that way.
Now also on ps5 connected to whatever speakers you use. Having more options is always a plus.
wipeout364
Member
It does not have the full iTunes library, it has most of it there are a few weird exceptions that I have found when looking for certain songs and albums. It’s a small point just wanted potential subscribers to know that.
I thought this was an extra fee on top of the subscription like 25 dollars a year to be able to add your own library to your iTunes account. That may have changed though.
ManaByte
Gold Member
I have my entire library in iCloud without paying extra.
wipeout364
Member
They must have dropped it with Apple Music. On iTunes they used to charge you to put music in the cloud that you owned but was not sourced through Apple. (CD or MP3’s). I have never tried it but I wonder how it would handle a song that was not in the Apple Music library.