ITunes Radio
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iTunes Radio running on iOS 7 an iPhone.
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| Discontinued | January 28, 2016 |
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| Created by | Apple Inc. |
| Pricing model | Free (ad-supported) iTunes Match (ad-free) |
| Platforms | iOS 7—iOS 9, OS X 10.7—10.11, Windows, Apple TV |
| Streaming | Radio |
| Availability | United States, Australia (Discontinued, all functions of iTunes Radio is now integrated and is part of the Apple Music subscription service.) |
| Features | Track skipping, station customization, Siri integration |
| Website | www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-radio at the Wayback Machine (archived June 8, 2015) |
iTunes Radio was an Internet radio service by Apple Inc. that let users listen to automatically generated playlists based on direct input as well as collected data on music preferences. It was launched on September 18, 2013, as part of iOS 7 and was available in the Music app on iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation and newer) as well as in iTunes 11.1 on OS X (10.7 Lion; it requires Mac OS 10.7.5 or newer to run) and Windows. It was only available in the United States and Australia.
With the release of iOS 8.4 and iTunes 12.2, nearly all functions of iTunes Radio have become part of Apple’s music streaming service Apple Music and was henceforth called just Radio or Apple Music Radio. On January 15, 2016, Apple announced that effective January 28, 2016, iTunes Radio stations, barring Beats 1, will only be accessible by Apple Music subscribers. On January 29, 2016, the iTunes Radio channel was automatically removed from all Apple TV devices (3rd Generation and earlier).
Apple announced the Internet radio service at its June 10, 2013 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote speech. The service launched in the United States on September 18, 2013, the same day as the release of iOS 7, and in Australia on February 11, 2014. Reports of a streaming music service from Apple circulated for weeks before the announcement.
As of January 2015[update], iTunes Radio was only available in the United States and Australia. Apple had announced plans to offer the service in other countries. In October 2013, Bloomberg reported that Apple had plans to expand the service to the UK, Canada and New Zealand by early 2014. With the release of Apple Music, most functions of iTunes Radio had become available in 100 countries, although iTunes Radio itself remained limited to the United States and Australia as a free service.
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