The more you listen, the more it personalizes the radio stations to suit your taste of music. Apparently, the service was launched on the same day as iOS7 and has since been available in the United States only. iTunes radio service is free and ad-supported allowing users personalize stations, purchase station’s songs, and skip tracks.
iTunes radio 2014 innovations include extending the service to reach countries like Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. According to a recent interview, Apple executive Eddy Cue made it clear that he would like to see the service rolled out in as many countries as possible.
Apple is committed to ensuring that the iTunes Radio service is available to all as soon as possible, even though it would take some time to realize this vision. The beauty of this service is that it lets users create their own custom music stations according to songs, genres, and artists.
It is powerful media library and represents individual taste and preferences based on selection of stations. This service is bundled with iOS 7 – the latest mobile software update. It will soon break free of licensing and royalty hurdles that have kept it available to the US only.
Canadians have been using Pandora – a very popular steaming service for music. Since 2008, Pandora has had an app for mobile devices and has been available to Canadians unlike other big names like Google Play Music and Spotify.
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Despite occasional ads, iTunes Radio service with iOS 7 provides a solution to streaming music services like Radio, among others. Those who do not like ads can pay an annual fee of twenty-five dollar to acquire iTunes Match.
Once a user adds a new station, s/he has two options:
• To be specific – at the top, there is a search field that a user can enter a song name, genre, or artist. While typing, iTunes comes up with suggestions relevant to the item being searched.
• Suggest genres – users can create a new station using the predefined iTunes genres, which is available at various levels. In addition, there is a subcategory containing specific classifications in relation to that genre. When tapped, it gives snippet previews of the station.
Overall, iTunes Radio service creates a custom environment for the users based on what they want to listen to, or what the frequently listen to. It creates this personalized environment by building stations around songs, artists, and genres. For music lovers in Canada, New Zealand, UK, and other countries that are yet to experience the beauty of Apple’s iTunes Radio service, this service will capture the hearts of many.
iTunes Radio is part of 2014 innovations that will mark the onset of unlocking the service to the rest of the world. It will make the rest of the world feel part of Apple’s many powerful and inspiring innovations. Music lovers all over the world will, in future, be able to rate their favorite songs to represent their music taste and preference.
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