Apple has finally launched its Android app for
Apple Music, just as it
advised during the launch of the music streaming service in June. Compatible with devices running Android version 4.3 or later, the app is being launched in beta on the
Google Play Store five months later than others, with Android users able to take advantage of the majority of features users on iOS and the Mac have already been enjoying.
The beta is being made available in almost all countries where Apple Music currently operates for iOS, with China said to be having the app "very soon." Android users get access to over 30 million songs in the Apple Music catalog, "For You" recommendations, Beats 1 and other radio stations, and more content directly from artists via Connect.
Those who have already bought music from iTunes will also be able to find their purchases in the app, by signing in with their existing Apple ID. While Android users will be able to use the same three-month trial, anyone wanting to sign up for a family membership or upgrade will need to do so via a Mac or iOS device, not through the Android app.
Despite being an Android version of an iOS app, Apple has elected to follow the UI style conventions of the platform. "It's a full native app, so it will look and feel like an Android app. The menus will look like Android, you know the little hamburger they use on the top. It'll definitely feel very much like an Android app," advised Eddy Cue
to TechCrunch.
"We wanted customers on Android to naturally be able to use it – what the've learned and how they interact is common. Things as simple as [that] the share icon looks like an Android share icon; the menu structure being where it is; these are things that most Android customers are familiar with. We wanted to make sure that they felt very familiar with Apple Music when they sat down to use it."
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