The Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Units apps that Apple has been testing for Home windows machines have formally launched, ending an extended preview interval and bringing an finish to the iTunes app on some computer systems.
The Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Units app are a part of Apple’s effort to separate iTunes on PC into a number of platforms to reflect how these apps work on Macs. On Home windows 10 and later, PC clients can obtain the three separate apps to handle units and entry Apple Music and Apple TV content material.
Microsoft first introduced plans for Apple Music and Apple TV apps for the Microsoft Retailer again in October 2022, so the cut up from iTunes has been within the works for greater than a 12 months.
Standalone Apple Music, Apple Units, and Apple TV apps launched in a preview capability in January 2023, and Apple has been making common updates since then. As of at this time, the “Preview” label has been faraway from the three Home windows apps.
The Apple Music app provides Home windows customers a option to take heed to and handle music from their iTunes library, together with iTunes Retailer purchases, whereas the Apple TV app permits customers to look at and handle motion pictures and TV exhibits from iTunes. Each of the apps additionally give entry to Apple’s streaming providers, Apple Music and Apple TV+.
The Apple Units app is designed to permit PC homeowners to replace, again up, and restore and handle their iPhones and iPads, and sync content material from their PCs.
Utilizing the standalone apps requires Home windows 10 or later, and all three apps have to be put in to transition away from iTunes. After the apps have been added to a PC, iTunes is used solely to entry podcasts and audiobooks. The iTunes library shouldn’t be deleted, as a result of it’s utilized by the Apple Music and Apple TV apps.
PC customers not capable of replace to Home windows 10 can proceed to make use of iTunes, however the brand new standalone apps provide a way more trendy and simple-to-use expertise that nearer mirrors Mac interfaces.
