iTunes Radio
Former Internet radio service by Apple / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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iTunes Radio was an Internet radio service by Apple Inc. that let users listen to automatically generated playlists based on direct input as well as collected data on music preferences. It was launched on September 18, 2013, as part of iOS 7 and was available in the Music app on iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation and newer) as well as in iTunes 11.1 on OS X (10.7 Lion; it requires Mac OS 10.7.5 or newer to run) and Windows.[1][2] It was only available in the United States and Australia.[3]
Developer | Apple Inc. |
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Launch date | September 18, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-18)[1] |
Discontinued | January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) |
Platform(s) | iOS 7āiOS 9, OS X 10.7ā10.11, Windows, Apple TV Radio |
Pricing model | Free (ad-supported) iTunes Match (ad-free) |
Availability | United States, Australia (Discontinued, all functions of iTunes Radio is now integrated and is part of the Apple Music subscription service.) |
Website | www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-radio at the Wayback Machine (archived June 8, 2015) |
With the release of iOS 8.4 and iTunes 12.2, nearly all functions of iTunes Radio have become part of Apple's music streaming service Apple Music and was henceforth called just Radio or Apple Music Radio.[4] On January 15, 2016, Apple announced that effective January 28, 2016, iTunes Radio stations, barring Beats 1, will only be accessible by Apple Music subscribers.[5]