Apple Music Classical is available for pre-order now in the App Store and will be released this month

Apple’s long-awaited dedicated classical music app hit the App Store today and is available for pre-order ahead of its release at the end of March.

Officially known as “Apple Music Classical,” the app is currently listed as “Coming Soon” and is expected to be released on March 28, 2023. Users can pre-order the app now to download it as soon as it becomes available. The app is available for free as part of Apple Music.

comment TechCrunchApple said the new ‌Apple Music‌ Classical app offers Apple Music‌ subscribers access to more than 5 million classical tracks, including new releases in high-quality audio, hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of exclusive albums, and other features like composer bios and deep dives on key works.

In 2021, Apple announced that it had acquired the classical music streaming service Primephonic and would fold it into the Apple Music service. Primephonic offered an “outstanding listening experience” with search and browsing functions optimized specifically for classical music, as well as curated recommendations and “contextual details about repertoire and recordings”.

Apple said that the acquisition of Primephonic will give ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers a better classical music experience. This reportedly started with Primephonic playlists and audio content, followed by a dedicated Primephonic experience with improved browsing and searching by composer and repertoire, better classical music metadata and more at a later date.

‌Apple Music‌ Classical only supports iOS devices running iOS 15.4 or later at launch.

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