Apple Music Classical

Apple

About this app

Get the app designed specifically for classical music. Available to Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost. Instantly find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalog with search built for the genre. Enjoy the highest audio quality available (up to 24-bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and hear classical favorites like never before in Spatial Audio—all with zero ads.

Apple Music Classical also makes it easy for beginners to get to know the classical genre thanks to hundreds of Essentials playlists, insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for many key works, and intuitive browsing features.

The Ultimate Classical Experience
• Get unlimited access to the world’s largest classical music catalog (over 5 million tracks) with everything from new releases to celebrated masterpieces, plus thousands of exclusive albums.
• Search by composer, work, conductor, or even catalog number, and find specific recordings instantly.
• Listen in the highest audio quality (up to 24 bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and enjoy thousands of recordings in immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos.
• Know exactly who and what you’re listening to thanks to complete, accurate metadata.
• Learn about each classical period with The Story of Classical audio guides.
• Dig deeper as you listen, with insightful album notes, descriptions of key works, and thousands of composer biographies.

Requirements
• Requires an Apple Music subscription (Individual, Student, Family, or Apple One).
• Availability and features vary by country and region, plan, or device. The list of countries where Apple Music Classical is available can be found at https://support.apple.com/HT204411.
• Apple Music Classical is available on all Android phones running Android 9 (‘Pie’) or later.
• To listen to music on Apple Music Classical, you must have an internet connection.

Ratings and reviews

Exceptional streaming service, horrible Android app. I am stuck using it because no other streaming service comes close but the level of bugs and missing features is embarrassing. Most frequently it will lose your spot or display a track that's not playing. Major missing features: Offline downloads Android Auto Audio casting I realize the app is probably better on iPhone but the horrible Android app is inexcusable when I'm paying a monthly subscription.

Good, not very sturdy. There are some great explanations of classical music styles, almost like a podcast, but if you pause them (or any track) it starts over. I get that android is not Apple, but why not add a reliable pause feature? Sometimes the play button is unreliable.

Pretty buggy. I've had it crash a handful of times, and it sometimes doesn't start to play a piece until after a few clicks. Despite that, it's still probably the best way to find and listen to classical music. How the app is designed is great; proper metadata means finding specific works or recordings is much easier. It's just the port to Android was clearly not given much care of attention

What's new

This update contains stability and performance enhancements.