If you’re setting up a new iPhone, you’ll probably use the Apple Music app, especially since you get a free three month trial. But if you’re buying an Android phone, is Apple Music the first music streaming service you can think of? Probably not. If you’re wondering what the Apple Music experience is like on the Samsung Galaxy S21 +, it’s here.
Samsung Galaxy S21 + is one of the best flagship phones for 2021. With 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage, it manages Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888, has three main camera sensors and a built – in fingerprint scanner. While we are not here to talk about the specifications of Galaxy S phones, it is noteworthy that they are very good phones. Let’s jump to the Apple Music section now.
First of all, the price is the same as you would expect on the iPhone: $ 9.99 per month with an individual account, $ 4.99 if you are a student, and $ 14.99 for a family subscription for up to six people. If you’re an Apple One subscriber, you can also use your Apple Music subscription on an Android phone.
After logging in with my Apple ID in the Android Apple Music app, it asked if I wanted to automatically send diagnostics to Apple. As on the iPhone, you can deny it.
Apple Music has the same five tabs on the Galaxy S21 + as on the iPhone: “Listen Now”, “Browse”, “Radio”, “Library” and “Search”. The only real difference I noticed is the menu in the top right corner, where I can access “Settings” and “Account”.
At the time of writing, Apple Music was still in light mode, even though Dark Mode was enabled on the Galaxy S21 +. I thought Apple did not update the app with this feature, but after opening the Settings tab, I was able to switch the light mode to dark mode and also set the theme as ‘System Default’.
Apart from that, I was having trouble updating my library. For some reason, it took a long time for all my songs to appear, and an error box appeared several times during the process. Finally, when the library appeared right, I had no other problems.
Using the Apple Music app on the Samsung Galaxy S21 + was truly an Apple experience
Since the first app Apple ever launched on the Android system was Move to iOS, I thought there might be features missing in Apple Music (the second app in the Play Store), but I was wrong. I can share a song on Instagram Story, watch live lyrics, turn on the infinite button to keep listening to similar songs, and everything.
There are also all my favorite playlists, Apple Music 1, video clips, and I can follow friends, add their playlists, and edit my profile.
And the best part of using the Apple Music app on the Samsung Galaxy S21 + was the 120Hz refresh rate OLED screen. Everything goes really smoothly.
As for the AirPods experience, it’s just an ordinary wireless earbud for the Samsung ecosystem, but I found it very amusing to use Samsung Galaxy Buds +.
With the Galaxy Wearable app, I can use some features not available on the AirPods, such as turning the volume up and down while pressing and holding one side of the Buds. Samsung’s wireless earbuds also have a “read notification aloud” and a “Find my Earbuds” feature, similar to AirPods
Of course, there are no blue bubbles on Samsung phones or FaceTime calls, but I was surprised that the Android version of Apple Music is really similar to the experience of the iPhone. It even includes errors like problems with the counting of your songs or some albums that appear with the wrong cover.
You also will not be able to play a song on HomePod seamlessly with Handoff with the Galaxy S21 +, but can not have everything?
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