The number of subscribers of the new music service Apple Music has reached 13 million people. This was announced by Apple CEO Tim cook during the announcement of financial report for the second quarter of fiscal 2016.
According to the Corporation, the number of users streaming service Apple over the past two months has increased by 2 million people. Apple Music has increased its audience, despite external factors, in particular the campaign leading streaming service Spotify, which offered three months of premium subscription for $ 1. The Apple forecast in 2016, the Apple Music audience reaches 20 million people.
In October of 2015, Apple CEO Tim cook during his speech at a technology conference in California announced that Music for Apple already paid 6.5 million users. Another 8.5 million users are testing the service in trial mode. For comparison, Spotify in June 2015 said that he had 20 million paid subscribers. While Spotify as well presented as on Apple platforms, for example, and on devices with Android and Windows.
In August last year, Apple denied reports that the Apple Music services declined 48% of subscribers. In Cupertino said that figure is greatly inflated, and the service continued to receive 79% of users.
In February in the podcast John Gruber top managers of Apple eddy cue and Craig Federighi noted that Apple Music audience in early 2016 has reached 11 million people. In this figure, the company managed to achieve in just six months. While the main player of the market of streaming music services Spotify on achieving the same result took six years.
Apple launched the Apple Music with access to the iTunes library and the catalog, which includes more than 30 million songs, on 30 June 2015. The first three months of Apple Music you can use for free, then payment will be $ 169 per month and the family plan will cost 269 rubles.
Music may become an increasingly important factor in the production and presentation of new Apple devices in 2016. So, according to sources, Apple plans to remove a 3.5-millimeter headphone Jack of the next-generation iPhone. Digital headphones connect to the Lightning connector, which now is used to charge devices and exchange data with the computer. This change will allow Apple to make the iPhone even thinner, and improve the quality of sound and stimulates the use of wireless headphones that work over Bluetooth.
