Never bank on promises. It either supports it now and purchase it or look elsewhere. A future promise is folly considering you already paid for it now and eventually will find it hard to migrate to another option once you are settled.
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Spotify Still Doesn't Offer AirPlay 2 Nearly Six Months After Last Promising to Support the Feature
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Apple really needs to up its AppleMusic game while it’s biggest competitor is disorientated. The Music app on iOS is horrible, get with the program Apple I thought you had a passion for this industry.
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Having tried both Spotify and Apple Music recently, I have to say the quality of the sound on Apple Music is so MUCH better.
Spotify has a better Ui though and play lists.
Overall, the sound quality is most important, so I think after my 3 months expires for Spotify, I will be switching.
Spotify has a better Ui though and play lists.
Overall, the sound quality is most important, so I think after my 3 months expires for Spotify, I will be switching.
No, it’s actual rage over promised features that haven’t appeared with a peep.
This isn’t Apple delaying a free software update to enable universal control, and telling us that instead of it coming in December, it’s coming in the spring now. A small little update would be nice from Spotify.
Instead, it’s:
•AirPlay2 being released back in May 2018, Spotify saying they would support it, and almost 4 years later still nothing, despite every other competitor having it enabled.
• Spotify announcing that they would have a lossless music feature available before the end of 2021… and in January 2022 still nothing despite all of their competitors having upgraded catalogs.
• Spotify publicly complaining that Apple was restricting them from Support with the HomePod, and almost 2 1/2 years after the ability for them to have HomePod support was added, still not updating to support it.
It’s very clear why they are doing what they are doing, and it’s very clear why customers have all the right in the world to be mad about it.
If Spotify says they’ll have all these features that their competitors have eventually, then maybe some people won’t switch over their subscriptions. They just keep saying “it’s coming soon,” “it’s coming soon,” “it’s coming soon,” and there will still be those who will stick around, hoping it will maybe, one day happen.
This isn’t an “Apple Music is better because it has these advantages” situation, this is a “Spotify treating their customers like garbage” situation.
This is so true. I pay for both services but really, really want to ditch Spotify full time but Apple just makes it hard.
- Library management is still a huge mess in Apple Music (albums randomly splitting up, live versions in iCloud Music Library play instead of the studio versions when using Siri)
- Deleting songs from your library removes them from any playlists. (Some people like that...most don't. It especially sucks when you want to replace an album with a deluxe reissue and all our playlists randomly lose those old songs w/o alerting you)
- Seriously, how has Apple Music not created anything close to Spotify wrapped yet? This is a truly sticky feature that a lot of people stay with Spotify for
- Random UI things that kill the experience. Many Atmos-mixed songs are horrible...I should be able to tap the Atmos logo IN THE PLAYER to switch from stereo to spatial. Not jump into control center, long-press on volume, then switch it off FOR EVERY SONG.
- For the love of God, let us follow artists and get a tracker/playlist of any new songs they put out. Why do I need to rely on a 3rd party app for this when Spotify has this built-in and it works great.
Now we’re going a bit off topic, but may I suggest setting a timer on the music when going to sleep or being really careful with the volume? Especially if using ear buds or having the sound source close to the ear.
My latest most intrusive tinnitus actually started while I was listening to music during night – something I had gotten used to to drown my other, milder sounds out when going to sleep.
So sad to get a new tinnitus sound while trying to manage the ones you already have. ?
I’ll agree with you on the volume request, if Apple made a setting to let you choose to limit volume.
Spotify supports casting in full resolution to a wide range of devices. It’s fantastic.
Apple Music doesn’t.
Apple Music doesn’t.
I’m actually very optimistic on this front.
First there was this:
Apple Music critic catches Tim Cook’s attention with email over app feedback - 9to5Mac
A Reddit user claims to have received a call from Tim Cook's office over feedback they emailed to him last month.
9to5mac.com
Apple Bringing Native Apple Music Experience to Music App for macOS
Apple is rebuilding the Music app for macOS as a fully native app, according to beta code seen by 9to5Mac. Code in the first beta of macOS Monterey...
www.macrumors.com
I agree! I personally love Apple Music. I have found even very niche music is on there.
In iOS there’s this:
Settings –> Sound & Haptics -> Headphone Safety
But also be careful with long term sound on lower or at seemingly ”OK” volumes. I think there are too few warnings out there about that – most are about loud noise.
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Yes, I'm holding a glimmer of hope thanks to those stories, but I'm also fully prepared to be let down in June that iOS 16 shows a barely changed Apple MusicI’m actually very optimistic on this front.
First there was this:
Then there was this:Apple Music critic catches Tim Cook’s attention with email over app feedback - 9to5Mac
A Reddit user claims to have received a call from Tim Cook's office over feedback they emailed to him last month.
So given that, just last month, Apple not only responded to a customers criticisms, but also began rebuilding parts of the macOS Music app, Give me hope that we might be seeing some big updates to the code, UI, and UX in the upcoming months.Apple Bringing Native Apple Music Experience to Music App for macOS
Apple is rebuilding the Music app for macOS as a fully native app, according to beta code seen by 9to5Mac. Code in the first beta of macOS Monterey...
I had the same exact thought. I may sign up for Apple Music since Spotify clearly doesn‘t care about creating a great experience for its paying customers.
Apple Music is not much better, it’s missing artists and even some songs on albums. The UI is horrible compared to Spotify too.
Marco Klobas:
AirPlay (1 and 2) is capable of ALAC (lossless) streaming up to 44.1 kHz (48 kHz for video contents).
Hi-res lossless (over 48 kHz) isn't supported via AirPlay as a protocol, regardless of Apple Music.
That said, Apple Music in its lossless form streamed via AirPlay isn't only limited to 44.1 kHz (as expected like said before): unfortunately it's turned into a lossy (AAC) stream. It has been confirmed from various sources
AirPlay (1 and 2) is capable of ALAC (lossless) streaming up to 44.1 kHz (48 kHz for video contents).
Hi-res lossless (over 48 kHz) isn't supported via AirPlay as a protocol, regardless of Apple Music.
That said, Apple Music in its lossless form streamed via AirPlay isn't only limited to 44.1 kHz (as expected like said before): unfortunately it's turned into a lossy (AAC) stream. It has been confirmed from various sources
My favorite was Spotify not supporting Apple Watch for 6 years, but supporting Fitbit and Galaxy Gear. My Apple Music sub is a big middle finger to Spotify and I’m never going back.
Not surprising from a company that can't even update the icon on its desktop app to fit with the newer icon design released in 2020.
Sometimes wonder what the Spotify development team actually do. Very close to dumping them for Apple Music
In my house, I have:
Bose Soundtouch : supports Airplay 2
Sonos speakers: supports Airplay 2
Denon AVR-S750H Receiver: supports Airplay 2
Libratone Zipp Portable speaker: supports Airplay 2
Not to mention 2 AppleTVs hooked up to my TVs that both support Airplay 2, and now with Monterey, several macs that also support it.
Only device I have that doesn't support Airplay 2 is an Echo Dot that Amazon gave me as a freebie.
The nice thing about Airplay 2 support for me is that it allows me to have a Sonos like system, across many device types and manufacturers.
Not supporting this is rather crazy IMHO.
And the Echo's all support Apple Music natively, so if you have a bunch of Echos in your house, you can group them together and play Apple Music with your voice on multiple speaker at once. (Not the same as AirPlay 2, but at least it accomplishes part of that goal for people all-in on Echo.)