Even if you’re fed up with Spotify’s continual lack of hi-res audio or YouTube Music’s atrocious UI, customers are typically loyal to a single music streaming service because that’s where their music is. Sure, there are third-party services that can help, but none that we trust to get the job done right. In a bid to get these loyal customers over to Apple Music, the streamer is rolling out functionality to do just that.
Goodbye Spotify, hello Apple Music
It’s unknown whether this is part of some experimental test from Apple or if the feature is rolling out. Either way, the feature isn’t available everywhere and can only be accessed in Australia or New Zealand, according to an Apple Support document.
Apple has partnered with one of those third-party services to make this happen, called SongShift, but adds a level of Apple-ness into the proceedings, and allows the feature to be used in the app directly. All customers need to make this happen is a subscription to Apple Music, an up-to-date iPhone or iPad (or Android device with the latest version of Apple Music), and the login details for the service you’re leaving behind.
When the feature does eventually turn up locally, you can use it following these steps:
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Go to Music Settings:
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On an iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Apps > Music.
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On an Android device, open the Apple Music app, tap then tap Settings.
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Tap Transfer Music from Other Music Services.
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Choose from the list of supported music services. Then sign in to the music service.
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Choose what you want to transfer.
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Tap Add to Library.
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Wait for Apple Music to find matches for your music in the Apple Music catalogue.
It should be noted that Apple Music cannot transfer those playlists generated in-house by the respective streaming service, and will only work for user-created ones. Should you attempt to transfer a song that the streamer doesn’t have, it’ll hit you with a ‘Needs Review’ label and offer up other versions of the song that can be added.
