Did not see this one coming.
Here is a quote from a
MacRumors article:
Quote:
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Apple and Amazon today announced that Apple Music will launch on Echo devices beginning the week of December 17. In a blog post, Amazon explains that Apple Music subscribers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favorite songs, artist, playlists, Beats1 radio stations, and albums, all through an Echo speaker.... The integration will launch as an Apple Music skill that will need to be enabled within the Alexa app...
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I love my iThingies and Macs, but I never cared for Apple Music service. But for those who do, this might be a good thing.
I'm surprised Apple would go for this deal as it might cut into sales of their Home Pod, but on the other hand I suspect the added profits it could generate by extending to Amazon Echos is exponentially greater than the profits they could lose with any Home Pod sales dip.