Listening to music online used to be simple: You purchased songs and downloaded them to a music player. That was it. Now, it's all about streaming.
At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple took the wraps off its new streaming service. Apple Music is the latest addition to the growing pool of streaming music services available.
From Xbox Music and Google Play Music to Spotify and Tidal -- and now Apple Music, how are you supposed to choose? Do you go with an ad-supported model or a paid subscription? Which service offers the best audio quality? Which has the best perks and extras, like music videos or running integration?
Here's a handy chart comparing all five music streaming services. Here's how Apple Music compares to its competition.
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Apple Music
Spotify
Xbox Music
Google Play Music
Tidal
Free
Beats 1 and Apple Music radio stations, 6 skips
Ads, 6 skips on mobile
N/A
Upload up to 50,000 songs to music locker
N/A
Paid subscription
$9.99/mo., $14.99/mo. (Family plan for six devices)
$9.99/mo., $14.99/mo. (Two users), $19.99 (Three users), $29.99 (Five users)
$9.99/mo.
$9.99/mo.
$9.99/mo. (Premium), $19.99/mo. (HiFi)
Song catalog size
Over 30 million
Over 30 million
18 million (U.S.), 30 million (global)
Over 30 million
Over 30 million
Platforms support
iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Apple TV, web
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, PS3, PS4, various set-top boxes, web
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, web
iOS, Android, web
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PC, PS3, various set-top boxes, web
Sound quality
256 kbps
Up to 320 kbps
Up to 192 kbps
Up to 320 kbps
Up to 320 kbps, 1411 kbps (HiFi)
Offline listening
Yes, paid subscription only
Yes, paid subscription only
Yes, paid subscription only
Yes, paid subscription only
Yes, paid subscription only
Music videos
Yes
Short video clips (coming soon)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Radio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
24-hour global radio station
Yes
No
No
No
No
Voice assistant integration
Siri (iOS)
N/A
Cortana (Windows Phone/Xbox One/Windows 10)
Google Now (Android)
N/A
Podcasts
No
Yes (coming soon)
No
No
No
Artist social network
Yes
No
No
No
No
Running integration
No
Yes
No
No
No
YouTube Music Key
No
No
No
Yes
No
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