With one day to go until Apple Music officially launches with iOS 8.4, Eddy Cue has revealed that Music’s iTunes Match integration will soon let users upload 100,000 of their own songs to iCloud for streaming at any time.
Previously, iTunes Match let users upload a maximum of 25,000 of their songs to the service. Cue confirmed that, while Apple Music will initially only support this number, the number of available slots will quadruple this fall with the launch of iOS 9.
Letting users add songs which haven’t been purchased through Apple may not sound like a major priority for the company, but it’s a smart move since it offers another bit of “value added” for people willing to subscribe to Apple Music. By comparison, Google lets users upload 50,000 tracks to Play Music — half the amount that Apple will offer.
Just one more example of how Apple is trying to make itself the serious music lovers’ company of choice.
Via: Slashgear
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
6 responses to “iOS 9 will raise iTunes Match song limit to 100,000”
Do we know yet if I need to keep my iTunes Match Subscription if I am going to use Apple Music?
I’m wondering this too… Does an Apple Music subscription include iTunes Match or do you have to pay for both?
I wonder if they’ll just phase out iTunes Match if it’s included in Apple Music, hope not…
I don’t. I would rather just keep it and only pay $25 a year. I do wish they would increase the file size limitation because I have files that are bigger than 200MB.
I think it includes it, but for those that just want iTunes Match, they can keep it and not have to pay for the subscription service. At least that’s what I hope they do. I like iTunes Match and I don’t want Apple Music.
Wondering the same thing. I have no interest in a Beats 1 music subscription however, I like my iTunes Match subscription with the ad free radio stations.