Since launching in 2015, Apple Music has offered a three-month free trial to first-time subscribers, but the trial period has now been reduced.
Starting this week, Apple Music offers a shorter one-month free trial to first-time subscribers in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Japan, and other countries. The change was first spotted by Japanese blog Mac Otakara.
Apple Music pricing remains unchanged, with an individual plan available for $9.99 per month in the United States after the one-month trial period.
For comparison, rival streaming music service Spotify typically offers a one-month free trial for its Premium tier, but it is currently offering a two-month trial as a limited time promotion in the United States and select other countries. Spotify is also offering a three-month free trial to first-time customers who sign up through PayPal.
Apple Music continues to offer a six-month free trial to customers who purchase eligible AirPods, Beats, or HomePod models for a limited time.
Related Stories
Apple Music Four-Month Free Trial Offered to US Military and Veterans
Apple is offering an extended four-month free Apple Music trial for serving members and veterans of the U.S. military, provided they haven’t been a subscriber to the streaming service before. Apple Music typically offers a three-month free trial for new subscribers, but military can take advantage of a special limited-time offer an get an extra month to try it out. The offer can be…
Apple News+ Offering Three-Month Free Trial for New Subscribers Through Cyber Monday
Apple News+ is offering new subscribers an extended three-month free trial of its service through Cyber Monday, an increase from the normal one-month trial offered to new subscribers, the service announced on Apple’s website and on Twitter. The new offer will only be offered to new subscribers in locations where Apple News+ is available and will run until Cyber Monday, November 29. Apple ran …
LG to Offer Free Three-Month Apple TV+ Trial on 2016 and Newer Smart TVs
LG today announced that owners of 2016 to 2021 model 4K or 8K LG Smart TVs will be eligible for a free three-month Apple TV+ trial starting November 15 in the United States and over 80 other countries and regions where Apple TV+ is available. The trial will be available through the LG Content Store and must be redeemed by February 20, 2022. The offer is limited to first-time Apple TV+…
Here’s a First Look at Apple Music’s Voice Plan Launching With iOS 15.2
iOS 15.2 is expected to be released to all users as early as next week, and one of the software update’s key new features is the Apple Music Voice Plan, which is designed to let users access Apple Music exclusively through Siri. Ahead of iOS 15.2 being released, we’re able to provide a first look at the Voice Plan, courtesy of MacRumors contributor Steve Moser. Users will be able to…
Shazam Dolly Parton and Get Up to Five Free Months of Apple Music
Apple is offering up to a five-month free trial of Apple Music to new users of the streaming service, in a unique partnership with country music singer Dolly Parton. Like previous Apple Music promotions, the offer is linked to Apple-owned Shazam, but this time with a difference. Viewers of yesterday’s Super Bowl were invited to use Shazam to identify a Parton song played in a commercial to…
Testing Apple’s New Apple Music Voice Plan in iOS 15.2
Apple’s latest updates, including iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, macOS Monterey, and HomePod 15.2 introduce support for the Apple Music Voice Plan, a cheaper version of Apple Music that’s only able to be activated through Siri. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. In our latest YouTube video, we tested the Apple Music Voice Plan to see if it’s worth subscribing to for $4.99 per …
Apple Music Now Available on Google Nest Speakers in Five Additional Countries
Apple Music is now available to stream on Google Assistant-enabled devices like the Nest Mini and Nest Audio in five more countries, including Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, and South Korea, according to a recently updated Apple support document. Apple Music first became available on Nest speakers and displays in the United States, UK, France, Germany, and Japan late last year. Just…
Apple to Reduce Apple TV+ Free Trial to Three Months From July 1
For a while now, Apple has been running a promotion that offers a free one-year trial of Apple TV+ with any iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch purchase. That promotion ends on June 30, and Apple has today updated its website to show that from July 1 the included free trial shrinks to three months with eligible device purchases. Apple has frequently offered promotions or credit for users to…
Popular Stories
Apple Launches New iPhone 13 Product Pages Highlighting Key Features
Apple is rolling out new product pages for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro that provide a simplified overview of each device’s key features. The new product pages went live in late January and as of today are prominently linked to from the top menu bar on the iPhone page of Apple’s website in the United States, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, and several other countries. Due to browser…
New High-End Mac Mini Rumored to Launch at Spring Apple Event
Apple is planning to launch a new, high-end Mac mini at an event in the spring, according to recent reports. The release date rumor comes by cross-referencing recent reports from display analyst Ross Young and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, both of whom often provide accurate insights into Apple’s plans. In December 2021, Young said that a new iMac Pro model with a mini-LED display was going to…
Apple’s Privacy Measures to Cost Facebook $10 Billion in 2022
Facebook has said measures being taken by Apple on iOS that make it harder for platforms and apps to track users across other apps and websites will cost its business $10 billion in 2022. Facebook yesterday reported $33.67 billion in revenue, and while higher than expected, earnings per share were shy of analyst expectations. Facebook, renamed to Meta, also offered lower guidance for the…
Five Apple Products That Haven’t Been Updated in Over Two Years
While much of Apple’s product lineup is up to date right now, a handful of devices and accessories have not received hardware updates in recent years. Below, we have put together a list of five products that Apple sells that have not been updated in over two years, aside from new software features. The list excludes previous-generation products like the iPhone 11 and Apple Watch Series 3. …
WhatsApp Readies Message Reactions for iPhone and Android
WhatsApp’s plan to bring iMessage-style message reactions to the massively popular chat platform appears to be entering its final stages, based on new screenshots shared by WABetaInfo. WhatsApp has been working on message reactions – or “Tapbacks” in Apple Messages parlance – for some time, with evidence of their development first coming to light last summer. The feature gives…
