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Apple Music Classical was updated today with what appeared to be CarPlay support, but this was quickly reversed in a follow-up update.

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Apple Music Classical showed up on CarPlay starting with version 1.2 today, but support was removed in version 1.2.1 just hours later, after the app failed to load when opened on CarPlay. It's unclear if or when CarPlay support will return.

Apple Music Classical first launched in March 2023, offering users with a standard Apple Music subscription access to over five million classical music tracks at no additional cost. The streaming app features advanced search functionality, exclusive artwork, extensive metadata, curated listening recommendations, and more.

The app is available on the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. It is built upon Primephonic, a classical music streaming service acquired by Apple in 2021.

(Thanks, Sam Matheson!)

Article Link: Apple Music Classical Now Available on CarPlay [Removed]
 
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I downloaded the update, but it didn't appear in my CarPlay settings as an available app. I had to restart my iPhone before it appeared.
 
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Yes! I just purchased a new vehicle and only 2 days ago was thinking how nice it will be when this is on Car Play.
 
It these two apps are separate why does the music I select in the classical app show up as recently added section in the music app? And it doesn't show up in the classical app.

I have pretty much the same question...I listen to the "My Station" playlist often in Apple Music, and after listening to the Classical app a couple of times suddenly "My Station" is populated with a number of classical selections. Nothing against classical music, but I did not ask for this to happen.
 
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It needs to be everywhere the standard Apple Music app is available.

Likely licensing plays a role in how access is granted. While we are extremely spoiled now with streaming available across multiple devices, behind the scenes, there are greedy executives collecting pennies for every play. Apple needs to track and pay that.
 
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I have pretty much the same question...I listen to the "My Station" playlist often in Apple Music, and after listening to the Classical app a couple of times suddenly "My Station" is populated with a number of classical selections. Nothing against classical music, but I did not ask for this to happen.

The Classical app is just a "gateway" to the Classical category of the Music Store. Still one music catalog behind the two apps. The Music app likely doesn't know that you listened to streams in a different app, as the streams were part of your account and came from the same catalog.
 
Will it ever expand to the Mac?
I was hoping for Mac support from the first release… but it seems Apple only wants us to use this on mobile apps.

No idea why as my audio setup connected to my Mac is far superior to my iPhone / iPad setup…

*sigh* Apple working in its mysterious way again. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
I'm not sure it needs to be. This isn't a completely separate music app from Apple Music. It's a gateway app that has much more suitable search functions for classical music. The second you save a song or playlist, it's saved in Apple Music and can be played on your Apple TV.

While we’re saying things that need to be, all third party apps should have the ability to background audio and let the screensaver run the way Apple Music can. I don’t think there’s a way to do that, please correct me if I’m wrong.

But if what you say is true, why have the Classical app at all? Not sure why they didn’t either roll this out on all platforms, or make it part of Music. They had two years after purchasing an already functional app. And it’s not like Music is the most optimized, complex App in the store.
 
Is hi-res audio working for anyone using Classical app? For me it appears to play same albums hi-res using Music app but sd res using Classical app.
 
Likely licensing plays a role in how access is granted. While we are extremely spoiled now with streaming available across multiple devices, behind the scenes, there are greedy executives collecting pennies for every play. Apple needs to track and pay that.
It’s the same library of music that’s available on the standard Apple Music app, the Classical app just provides an interface tailored to searching and sorting by metadata categories unique to the genre, so there shouldn’t be any unique licensing considerations.
 
Likely licensing plays a role in how access is granted. While we are extremely spoiled now with streaming available across multiple devices, behind the scenes, there are greedy executives collecting pennies for every play. Apple needs to track and pay that.
While I agree with much of your point, why do you need to characterize the people who make the music as "greedy executives"? Do they somehow forfeit the right to earn money for their work simply because someone else would like it?
 
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It’s the same library of music that’s available on the standard Apple Music app, the Classical app just provides an interface tailored to searching and sorting by metadata categories unique to the genre, so there shouldn’t be any unique licensing considerations.
You've read the licensing agreements in their entirety and know this to be a fact?
 
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