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Apple Music App Now Lets Users Play Music Videos On Android

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Apple rolled out yesterday an update to its Music app, which allows Android users to access thousands of music videos for the first time.

In addition to that, the company launched on Android its family subscription plan, giving up to six family members the option to access Apple Music content for $14.99 per month, instead of paying $9.99 per month for each single user.

Both features were previously available only on iOS. A beta version of Apple Music for Android was first introduced in November 2015, with some limitations. An update, released in February of this year, added the ability to store downloaded songs onto SD cards.

In March, another update added yet another feature not supported by the iOS version: the ability for users to add an Apple Music widget to their homescreen. While certainly worth mentioning, these were minor changes compared to those announced today.

Giving Android users the access to its music videos catalogue, could help Apple compete in an arena where rivals like Google Play Music and Spotify, have so far had an edge.

A good selling point could be, in particular, the ability for users to access content not available on Spotify, like Taylor Swift's discography, or produced exclusively for the service, like a biographical series about Dr. Dre, which is reportedly in the works, or music docuseries The Score.

Will it suffice?