Apple Music Classical Comes to iPad

[MacRumors]

Apple Music Classical was updated on the App Store today and extends the service's availability beyond iPhone and Android to bring it to iPads for the first time (via 9to5Mac). Apple released Apple Music Classical on the Google Play Store in March.

Version 1.1 of Apple's app includes an interface designed specifically for the larger iPad display, with a navigation sidebar and media playback controls along the bottom of the screen.

In 2021, Apple announced that it had purchased the classical music streaming service Primephonic and would be folding it into ‌Apple Music‌ via a new app dedicated to the genre. Apple launched ‌Apple Music‌ Classical in March, offering a standalone experience for discovering and listening to classical music.

The ‌Apple Music‌ Classical app offers ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers access to over five million classical music tracks, including new high-quality releases, in addition to hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of exclusive albums, and other features like composer bios and deep dives on key works.

The app offers a simpler interface for interacting with classical music specifically. Unlike the existing ‌Apple Music‌ app, ‌Apple Music‌ Classical allows users to search by composer, work, conductor, catalog number, and more. Users can get more detailed information from editorial notes and descriptions.

Apple commissioned high-resolution digital portraits of famous composers like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, and Johann Sebastian Bach for the app, using color palettes and artistic references from the relevant classical period, with more unique artwork to be added over time. Apple works with classical music artists and institutions to offer exclusive content and recordings.

Article Link: Apple Music Classical Comes to iPad

 

[arkitect]

About time!

Now for macOS…

 

[Will Co]

About time!

Now for MacOS…

Dammit, you beat me to it!

 

[steve09090]

About time!

Now for macOS…

And welcomed.

 

[risenphoenixkai]

About time!

Now for macOS…

And Apple TV.

 

[aliea13]

Apple TV please, possibly with support for Hi-RES lossless

 

[diggy33]

Happy to read this

 

[matrix07]

Apple TV please, possibly with support for Hi-RES lossless

Bit-Perfect audio out for Apple TV and macOS please!!!!

 

[steve09090]

Instead of saying 'thanks' people just want more more more. Gimme gimme gimme. Wait people, it’s coming. Geesh. So impatient.

 

[doc james]

Does this increase hope that we'll see calculator come to iPad? Or is that still beyond technical possibilities

 

[DHagan4755]

With the iPad app in the can surely macOS is next. At least that’s what one would think given Apple’s developer jargon about the ease of making an iPad app into a Mac app.

 

[Pecka]

I wonder how many have actually used the app? Have a feeling that it's a flop since better alternatives are availible.

 

[gwhizkids]

I wonder how many have actually used the app? Have a feeling that it's a flop since better alternatives are availible.

Many apps are better than the Apple entries are. But they may be more complicated to use or cost more to acquire. Anyone with an Apple Music subscription gets access to this app. I doubt Apple was expecting this app to blow the doors off. It’s a niche product for a niche audience.

 

[chriscl]

FINALLY!

I have been waiting for this!

 

[nymphe]

Still not available in my region
(Turkey)

 

[zapmymac]

nice addition to the ipad

 

[Coltaine]

Perfect!
I love Apple Music Classical!
I use it mostly on iPhone for listening purposes, but organizing my numerous playlists would surely be easier on a Mac.
The iPad app, however, is an important step!
Thank you!

 

[lexvo]

I just installed it. Upon start it asks to connect to my library (to import classical music I assume). However, it imports only one album, which I recently bought. I have a lot of classic albums, but these don't show up in the Classical app. Am I overlooking something?

I already checked the genre/category of the albums missing.

 

[chucker23n1]

With the iPad app in the can surely macOS is next. At least that’s what one would think given Apple’s developer jargon about the ease of making an iPad app into a Mac app.

Well, I'd have thought the same about the iPad app. You take the iPhone code and add layouts that make more sense on a bigger screen. macOS is then you take the iPad code, make the windows more flexible in their sizing, and add Mac features such as the menu bar.

It's not zero work, but it's a bit strange that this iPad app took them so long.

 

[mikebenton]

Hopefully Sonos will be soon!

 

[autumnpatchouli]

It's very difficult to expect 3rd party app creators work hard to develop apps for the iPad when it takes this long for Apple to bring an app to the iPad from the iPhone. Apple's actions, or lack thereof, speaks volumes for its real regard for the iPad.

 

[gank41]

Did we really wait this long for an iPad version of this app that looks like THIS on the Now Playing Screen? Ridiculous.

So much wasted space, and where's the album cover art?!? It's as if someone just tic'ed the box for iPad in Xcode and called it a day. Did they actually USE it to ensure it worked right??

 

[citysnaps]

Thank you Apple... I very much appreciate it!

 

[Edsel]

"Apple commissioned high-resolution digital portraits of famous composers like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, and Johann Sebastian Bach for the app....Apple works with classical music artists and institutions to offer exclusive content and recordings."

I now fully expect Apple will conduct personal interviews with Beethoven, Chopin and Bach.

 

[rappr]

It's very difficult to expect 3rd party app creators work hard to develop apps for the iPad when it takes this long for Apple to bring an app to the iPad from the iPhone. Apple's actions, or lack thereof, speaks volumes for its real regard for the iPad.

So by that logic, they hold the Mac in even less regard since there not yet a macOS version?