Apple Music for Android updated with new Friends Mix and more.

Apple Music on Android brings over 40 million songs for users to listen online or offline and the app has been downloaded over 10 million times. Which is not bad considering how antagonistic Apple and Android fans are. And the reviews in Google Play Store are quite positive. 

In case you're wondering, I had to resort to Apple Music for my music consumption for the simple reason that Google's Play Music is not available in my region. Sure I can buy or rent Movies, but no music. And now I'm deep into Apple's musical ecosystem, no matter what Google does, the chances to get me out of it equal to zero. So much for you Google.

This update includes some nice features, but my preferred one is the "Friends Mix". Basically, it compiles a list of the songs that the app thinks I'll like from everything my friends are listening to. This is cool and saves me from browsing the long list of songs available on the platform. And better yet, Apple Music also plays the top 100 songs from countries around the world. Again saving me from perusing the list for something I like. I'm kind of lazy if you haven't figured out by now.

Here are the other features in this update:

• Android Auto: The best of Apple Music in your car.
• Search by Lyrics. Use a few of the words to find a song.
• New Artist page: Play an artist with one tap, or browse all the music with the improved design.

Apple Music is free to download in Google Play Store. Subscriptions start at $4.99 per month. 

Apple Music for Android now lets you skip back your favorite song when listening to a radio station.

Apple Music for Android received a few improvements today that the company calls minor. the first improvement will let users skip back to play a song again when listening to a radio station. A nice addition if you want to listen to a song you liked again. This update also lets users "adjust how your music sounds with the included Equalizer."

This update is already live in Google Play Store to download.

Apple fixes an issue that prevented users from adding to their library.

About a week ago, Apple brought an important update to Apple Music on Android. The company added a feature for users to follow their friends to see the music they are listening to and the playlists they shared. To enjoy this, users are required to create a profile to “discover music with friends.” In addition, Apple also included Voice Search powered by Google. Users can “touch and hold the home button or say “OK Google” to use your voice to play artists, albums, songs, and Beats 1 on Apple Music.” That was it for version 2.2.

Today, the Cupertino company released another update, albeit a minor one which raises the version number to 2.2.1, which fixes an issue that “may prevent users from adding to their library.”

That’s all there is to it, so head over to Google Play Store to download this update.

Apple Music for Android fixes an issue that may prevent listening to downloaded music while offline.

Tomorrow most of the world will be celebrating music day and Apple has issued an update for its Apple Music app on Android, surely unintentionally, to fix an issue that prevented listeners from listening to downloaded music while offline. The update also includes the usual “minor app and performance improvements”.

Apple Music on Android brings over 40 million songs for users to listen online or offline and the app has been downloaded over 10 million times. Which is not bad considering how antagonistic Apple and Android fans are. And the reviews in Google Play Store are quite positive. I cannot compare how Google Music fares against Apple offerings since the former is not available in Mauritius. However, Google Movies is open. Go figure.

If you’re a hardcore Android fan, or not, and would like to give Apple Music a try, go to Google Play Store to download the app and you can sign up for a free three months trial. An Apple ID account is required.