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In a new update, Apple Music is allowing users to transfer playlists directly from Spotify and other streaming services. The new tool, now available in the United States, raises the stakes in the streaming music battle.<\/p>\n
Through a partnership with SongShift, Apple Music allows users to move saved music, albums and playlists from other streaming apps such as Spotify. The transfer is completed inside iPhone settings under Settings > Apps > Music > Transfer Music from Other Music Services.<\/p>\n
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The feature was first tested in New Zealand and Australia in May, and it is now also available in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Those who have made the switch are sharing online<\/a> that Apple Music offers noticeably better sound quality.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you switch from Spotify to Apple Music, you will be stunned by how much your music no longer sounds like it comes from the bottom of an aluminum can,\u201d one user wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apple Music includes features that Spotify does not. One is called Lossless, which preserves the uncompromised audio of studio recordings, offering higher-quality sound.<\/p>\n Another feature, Dolby Atmos, delivers music in a multi-dimensional, immersive listening experience.<\/p>\n The timing of Apple\u2019s new tool is notable. It follows a summer when several indie artists removed their catalogs<\/a> from Spotify after learning of CEO Daniel Ek\u2019s ties to military investments.<\/p>\n Ek cofounded Prima Materia, a tech investment firm that backs a company building AI-powered military drones. According to the Financial Times<\/a>, the firm made another significant investment even before Russia\u2019s 2021 invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n The most recent band to leave is Hotline TNT, who joins King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu and others who have left Spotify in protest.<\/p>\nThe timing behind Apple\u2019s move<\/h3>\n