Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo devices this December

In a surprising move from Apple, the company just announced it’s bringing Apple Music streaming service to Amazon Echo. It’ll be coming to Amazon Echo speakers starting the week of December 17. When it does come to Amazon, this mean Apple Music subscribers can ask Alexa to play their favorite songs, artists, playlists, albums, and Beats1 radio stations right from an Echo speaker. This integration will launch as an Apple Music skill, which you can enable within the Alexa app. From there you’ll be able to link your account and start listening to Apple Music in the similar way you could services like Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Pandora are integrated into the service.

Source: MacRumors

Genius lyrics comes to Apple Music

Genius has a new partnership with Apple Music that now brings its database of lyrics to Apple’s streaming service. When you listen to a song on the service, you now have an option to read the lyrics. At the same time, Apple Music is now the official music player of the service. Apple Music subscribers who visit Genius and are logged into their account will be able to play the song directly from the song’s Genius page. This feature is available on the Genius website on the desktop as well as on iOS mobile web.

Source: The Verge

Carpool Karaoke returns to the Apple TV app on Oct. 12

Great news for music fans everywhere. Emmy-winning Carpool Karaoke is returning for another star-studded season of sing-along hilarity, and will be available FREE on the Apple TV app starting Friday, Oct. 12 at 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT. Fans can watch a new episode every Friday on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV — no subscription required. 

Expect apperances by stars as Jamie Foxx (who appears in the first episode with daughter Corinne Foxx), Tyra Banks, Jason Sudeikis, Miss Piggy, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Andy Samberg and Weird Al Yankovic. 

The Apple TV app comes pre-installed on every iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, and is the best place to find and watch what you love across TV shows, movies, live sports, and news.

Apple Music tests out Android Auto integration

For the first time ever, Apple Music is integrating with Android’s car-based platform. Beta version 2.6.0 of the app (which you can find on Android Police) brings Apple Music integration into Android Auto. You have to make sure you have the latest version of Android Auto running, too. Once you have both, Apple Music will now become a top option for streaming in your car. You can stream radio or specific songs. We welcome this integration, especially since it brings options that you might not have access to at the moment. Right now, Apple Music doesn’t work with other Google products, so you still can’t integrate it with Google Home and Chromecast.

Source: The Verge