iTunes Match is about to become a much more interesting tool. Vice President Eddy Cue has announced, through his personal Twitter account, that Apple to increase iTunes Match limits from iOS 9. At the moment, the service allows us to store up to 25.000 songs in the cloud, while Google Play Music offers the option of storing 50.000 songs for free.
Apple does not want to be left behind in the music race and that is why it has decided to increase the number of files that we can store through iTunes Match. As reported by Cue, starting next fall and after the official launch of iOS 9, we will be able to save 100.000 songs in the cloud. Until then, the limit will remain at 25.000 files. Another question that arises is whether users will be forced to pay the annual iTunes Match fee of 25 euros plus Apple Music and the answer is no.
From Apple they have explained that "iTunes Match and Apple Music are independent services but that they complement each other." This means that those people who subscribe to Apple Music starting tomorrow, will get iTunes Match at no additional cost. iTunes Match will be part of the Apple Music plan. Therefore, if you have any albums on your iPhone that are not in iTunes, iTunes Match will take care of adding them to your cloud.
iTunes Match has not undergone major changes since it was launched in 2011, but the service will be of great interest to all those who want to try the new Apple's streaming music platform.
I can't even, from my geographical location (unfortunately) (-_-) try iTunes Match (which has been implemented for quite some time).
At the rate we are going… Apple music, I will be able to try it perhaps, in 2030 (ironic way).
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Do you have any idea what will happen if tomorrow I subscribe to Apple Music and I am currently subscribed to iTunes match? Are services automatically linked?
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