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I like being able to skip past tracks I don’t like, or putting the ones I love on repeat constantly.Īs for the video side, Apple and Google have their own approach to music videos. The only problem is one I have with all radio: I don’t choose what I listen to. Which I guess is what you get using renowned DJs like Zane Lowe. Instead, it feels much more considered and curated. It’s not just the popular tracks being played on repeat constantly. But Apple’s Beats 1 is very different to the usual commercial radio I’ve listened to in the past. It’s always on, always churning out music. Beats 1 serves up DJ’d music, interviews, and more 24/7.

The one thing Apple’s Music has which most other streaming services don’t is an actual radio station. But that’s not to say they aren’t useful. While Apple Music asks you for what you like right at the beginning and is immediately useful, Google Music takes a lot of listening before its algorithm-based suggestions are worth using. The sad and frustrating part for me was that because I happened to listened to a specific genre radio station, its suggestions for me then centered around that one single genre. With Google Music, it learns your music habits over time. It basically takes all the work out of finding new music. What’s been particularly great is that I’ve found more previously unheard songs, albums and artists in those three days than I had in a year of Spotify previously.Īpple also offers up introductions to artists it thinks you’ll like by suggesting custom playlists, or entire albums. Each day I’m served up a fresh selection of music to try out in my “For You” tab, which bases suggestions on stuff you like, and stuff you REALLY like. So far, I’ve listened to Apple Music almost solidly for 2-3 days. Where I think Apple Music wins is in its selection of suggested artists, albums, and curated playlists. Looking on the surface, like most music streaming subscriptions, you get to make playlists, stream “radio” stations based on genre and browse or search for artists.

Google Play Music was more of a response to the market in offering a streaming service to go alongside its digital music store. It was Beats that had this human element nailed down before Tim Cook & Company ponied up the $3 billion to buy the entire Beats company, including its headphones and speakers. It has taken what was great about the Beats service, expanded its feature set and brought it to the mass market. Let’s get one thing straight before the comparison begins: Apple Music is a beefed-up version of Beats Music. And as always, the company claims it has done things differently, with a more human element. But just like everything the Cupertino-company does, it has taken its own sweet time to finally launch a product we always knew was coming. Until recently, Google’s Play Music streaming feature was one of the company’s few markets where it didn’t face strong, direct competition from Apple.