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Why did Apple fail to launch a classical music app last year?

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Apple reportedly failed to launch a ‘dedicated’ application for classical music in 2022, post acquiring classical music service Primephonic. The tech giant stated that it planned to release a ‘dedicated’ classical music application in 2022, but could not launchh because without any specific reason given.

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The Cupertino based consumer tech company has acquired Primephonic in August 2021, as per the reports of MacRumors. ALSO READ: Mivi Model E Review: Premium looking smartwatch with decent performance

On the acquisition in 2021, Apple said, “Apple Music plans to launch a dedicated classical music app next year combining Primephonic’s classical user interface that fans have grown to love with more added features.”

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Since then, the company has not commented on the expansion plans in public. Hence, it is still unclear if the app will be published in 2023 itself or not.

When Primephonic shut down in September 2021, users received free access to Apple Music for six months, the report said.

In September 2021, it was reported that the iPhone maker was preparing to launch a standalone classical music app that would be available along with its flagship ‘Apple Music’ application.

Users were likely to get the standalone classical music app in the iOS 16 update that was planned before the end of last year.

Inputs from IANS

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YouTube Music may soon allow users to create custom radio within platform

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Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music will soon give users the ability to create a custom radio.

YouTube Music already lets users customise their current queue directly from the Now Playing screen by genre, familiarity, mood and energy level.

Now YouTube will soon give users the freedom to create a custom radio in an in-depth manner.

The tech company is currently testing the upcoming feature as a few YouTube Music users on Friday started seeing ‘Create a radio’ option in the main feed.
The feature, supposed to “tune your music”, shows a grid of artists for you to select from, which appears similar to YouTube Music’s initial setup process.

According to reports, after users have made their selections, YouTube Music will give them three “Song selection” options — Familiar, Blend, and Discover.

Similarly, ‘Filters’ will include — Popular, Deep cuts, New releases, Pump-up, Chill, Upbeat, Downbeat, and Focus, according to the report.

In July, YouTube Music tested a new feature — Dynamic queue, which helped get queue and radio updates based on users listening behaviour.

YouTube Music will change the playback queue if users skip to a new track while still halfway through the current song.

Moreover, in June, YouTube Music’s web app added a new feature that allowed users to manage songs in bulk more easily, particularly when adding them to specific playlists.

As per reports, YouTube plans to make the feature available in the coming weeks across the world as this will add advanced level of customisation compared to what YouTube Music and algorithm offers naturally.