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- An Apple Music characteristic makes it easy to move euphony libraries.
- The characteristic is besides disposable to Android users subscribed to Apple Music.
- You request an progressive Apple Music subscription to entree this feature.
It's been almost 2 years since I switched from Spotify Premium to an Apple Music subscription. At nan time, I was seeking Apple's lossless audio for wired listening, its Dolby Atmos catalog, and I'll admit: I'm a sucker for Apple's personification interface. Two years ago, replicating 8 years' worthy of saved euphony from nan Spotify catalog to Apple Music was an incredibly daunting and moreover much time-consuming task.
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After scouring Reddit for nan champion solution, I came crossed SongShift, an app made specifically for transferring your euphony room from 1 streaming work to another. On SongShift's free tier, I was constricted to playlists pinch nether 200 songs, and afloat room transfers required a paid subscription.
With iOS 26, Apple introduced an charismatic business pinch SongShift, integrating its exertion into nan Apple Music app, a business that's been in testing for complete a year. Now, users tin import their full Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music, aliases YouTube Music catalog to Apple Music from their iOS device's settings.
Until this characteristic appeared successful my iPhone settings, I was missing astir 80% of my erstwhile Spotify library. As agelong arsenic you person an progressive Apple Music subscription, this further work is free. Here's really to do it.
How to import your euphony room to Apple Music
What you'll need: An iPhone aliases iPad updated to nan latest version, an Android instrumentality pinch nan latest type of Apple Music, aliases a laptop that tin entree Apple Music's web version. You'll besides request nan login credentials of your erstwhile euphony streaming service.
On your iOS device, spell to Settings, hunt for "Music," guarantee "Sync Library" is enabled, and past pat "Transfer Music from Other Services." Then, you tin take to displacement your full euphony room aliases prime circumstantial playlists to shift. Playlists saved to your room but created by nan streaming service, specified arsenic your erstwhile years' Spotify Wrapped playlists, will not transportation to Apple Music.
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Then, your songs will beryllium transferred to Apple Music, and you'll request to reside immoderate songs from nan erstwhile streaming work that are not disposable connected Apple Music. Apple Music pinch coming you pinch alternatives, if applicable.
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If you're utilizing an Android device, unfastened nan Apple Music app and pat nan 3 vertical "More" buttons to unfastened app settings. There, you'll find nan aforesaid prompts to "Transfer Music from Other Music Services," and complete nan aforesaid steps arsenic above.
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If you're utilizing Apple Music connected a web browser, motion successful to your Apple Music relationship and pat connected your floor plan icon successful nan apical correct corner. Choose which songs from which streaming work you'd for illustration to transportation to Apple Music, past complete nan aforesaid steps arsenic above.
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Unsurprisingly, immoderate Spotify Live Sessions are not disposable connected Apple Music. Other songs I saved, particularly from movie soundtracks pinch original music, were unavailable successful their original shape and were alternatively listed nether different albums. Additionally, definite EPs and replacement versions of singles and LPs were unavailable, which is par for nan people erstwhile switching streaming services.
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Very fewer songs, but unfortunately, ones I really love, were everlastingly mislaid to nan void; location wasn't an replacement type disposable connected Apple Music. Yet, specified is nan reality erstwhile utilizing integer streaming services. If you want unfettered entree to your all-time favourite music, put successful vinyl, CDs, aliases cassette tapes. Still, if you're unhappy pinch your existent euphony streaming work and want to make nan jump to Apple Music, this instrumentality makes taking nan leap considerably easier.
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