New Apple Music feature lets users transfer Spotify playlists

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00:00Spotify versus Apple Music. The battle for your ears just got louder and Apple is playing a new

00:06tune, one that lets you import your playlist seamlessly without all the hassle.

00:13The feature was first rolled out in Australia and New Zealand for testing and is now available

00:19in many countries, including the U.S. Through a partnership with SongShift, any saved music,

00:25albums and playlists from streaming apps like Spotify can be transferred with just the touch

00:31of a button inside your iPhone settings under apps and then music. Those who have already made

00:37the switch are sharing online how much better the sound quality is on Apple Music. One feature Apple

00:43Music has that Spotify does not is called lossless, allowing for a higher quality sound. And through

00:49another feature called Dolby Atmos, music can be experienced in a multi-dimensional immersive

00:55sound. But the timing of Apple Music's new feature is interesting, coming at the end of a summer of

01:02indie artists removing their catalogs from Spotify after learning of the CEO's ties to warfare.

01:08Spotify CEO Daniel Ek co-founded Prima Materia, a tech investment firm backing a company building

01:15AI-powered military drones. Financial Times reported the firm made another major investment

01:21even before Russia's 2021 invasion of Ukraine. Hotline TNT has recently joined bands King Gizzard

01:29and the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof and others. The band wrote, the company that bills itself as the

01:35steward of all recorded music has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that it does not align with

01:41the band's values in any way. All this also comes after other changes within Spotify itself. Users

01:48can now share music with friends through direct messages, with some online questioning if it could

01:53become the next big dating app. And another thing, Spotify is now requiring users to verify their age

02:00with a facial age check. Now, while Spotify still has more active users, Apple's latest move shows

02:07it's ready to turn up the competition. With Straight Arrow news, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download our app

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