Apple launches Apple Music in 52 more countries

Apple is expanding many of its services to a large number of new countries.

The company is making Apple Music available in 52 additional countries, and with a very good deal: a six-month, free trial of the service.

Additionally, Apple is making the App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Podcasts, and iCloud available in 20 more countries.

Here's the full list of new countries for Apple Music:

• Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Chad, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Tunisia.

• Asia-Pacific: Bhutan.

• Europe: Croatia, Iceland, and North Macedonia.

• Latin America and the Caribbean: the Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Turks and Caicos, and Uruguay.

• Middle East: Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen.

• Oceania: Solomon Islands.

Apple Music comes to new countries and regions with locally curated playlists. Credit: Apple

And this is the list for the App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Podcasts, and iCloud (all of the markets below also got Apple Music):

• Africa: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Libya, Morocco, Rwanda, and Zambia.

• Asia-Pacific: Maldives and Myanmar.

• Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.

• Middle East: Afghanistan (excluding Apple Music) and Iraq.

• Oceania: Nauru (excluding Apple Music), Tonga, and Vanuatu.

The news is quite big; App Store and iCloud are among Apple's most basic online services, and now they're covering most of the globe, with availability in a total of 175 countries and regions.

Apple Music launched in June 2015 in more than 100 countries; with these new additions, it's available in 167 countries and regions all over the world.