Subj : The cheapest Apple Music plan is being discontinued soon  heres w
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Nov 02 2023 12:00:06

The cheapest Apple Music plan is being discontinued soon  heres what happens 
next

Date:
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:44:45 +0000

Description:
Apple is ending its Apple Music Voice Plan, leaving subscribers to move to a 
more expensive tier.

FULL STORY
======================================================================

Apple Music may be one of the best streaming services , but weve got some bad 
news for users of its low-cost Voice Plan: Apple is ditching the plan this 
month. All other Apple Music tiers will continue as usual, but it seems the 
Voice Plan has been kicked out of the band. 

According to an official support document , Apple Musics Voice Plan will be 
discontinued beginning in November. Apple wasnt any more specific about the 
date than that, but the company noted that All Apple Music plans already work 
seamlessly with Siri, and we will continue to optimize this experience. 

As the name implies, Apple Musics Voice Plan was focused on controlling your 
audio using Siri  in fact, that was the only way to navigate your tunes. In 
return, it was the cheapest tier of Apple Music, priced at $4.99 a month. 

With its demise, the most affordable Apple Music tier will now cost $10.99  
more than twice the price of the Voice Plan. Thats a sharp increase for users 
of the soon-to-be-discontinued tier. What if Im a Voice Plan user? (Image 
credit: Apple) 

Subscribers to the Apple Music Voice Plan have a few choices. If youre a 
current user, you can continue with the Voice Plan until the end of your 
current billing cycle, at which point you can switch to a different Apple 
Music plan. Apple says youll get a notification before the end of your 
billing cycle with more information. 

Things are mostly the same if youre on a trial of the Voice Plan. After your 
trial has finished, you can stick to the Voice Plan until the end of your 
billing cycle, at which point it will end and you can move to a different 
plan. 

Apple didnt give any reason why the Voice Plan has been canceled, but its 
voice-only restriction may have hampered sales. Whatever the cause, it now 
seems that Apple feels it can do without this option. 

The move comes as Apple has raised prices for a range of its services. Apple 
TV+ is increasing from $6.99 to $9.99, while Apple Arcade has risen from 
$4.99 to $6.99 a month. If youre looking for a cheap Apple deal , youve got 
to look harder than ever. You might also like Black Friday Apple deals 2023: 
early sales on AirPods, MacBooks, iPads, and more The best music streaming 
services 2023: Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, more Apple TV Plus is 
getting a major price hike, and I couldn't be more annoyed



======================================================================
Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/audio/the-cheapest-apple-music-plan-is-being-discont
inued-soon-heres-what-happens-next


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)

.