Apple Music now works with Android Auto
Apple Music has always been available for Android but it never reached deep into the Android ecosystem. Originally you could only listen on your phone or tablet, and that's about it but Apple has opened up to Android.
Just recently Apple released a beta version of Apple Music for Android that included support for Android Auto, bringing a native in-car interface to non-iPhone users for the first time.
The Beta version introduced some features coming to iOS 12 users, including the Friends Mix, lyrics searching, and also artist pages that can let you personalize stations.
This Apple Music on Android update which supports Android Auto will now allow Android users to use Apple’s music subscription service over Google Play Music or Spotify so you can listen to it through Google’s in-car platform.
Google has said that a car-optimized YouTube Music experience will be coming soon and to they have also been very fast to bring Google Maps to CarPlay soon after the release of iOS 12.
Apple has also gone a step further than usual and has adopted some of the Android systems conveniences. Now Apple Music supports microSD card storage, something that doesn’t exist on iOS.
The latest Apple Music update on Android also now lets you search for songs by entering some of the lyrics you might know. And it brings over the much-improved artist view that came to iOS earlier this month.
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