In August 2021, Apple announced it had acquired classical euphony work Primephonic. At the time, Apple said it planned to merchandise a dedicated classical euphony app successful 2022, but the twelvemonth has present ended without the app launching.

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"Apple Music plans to motorboat a dedicated classical euphony app adjacent twelvemonth combining Primephonic's classical idiosyncratic interface that fans person grown to emotion with much added features," said an Apple Newsroom property release successful 2021. Apple has not publically addressed the plans since, and it's unclear if the app volition beryllium released successful 2023.

Primephonic unopen down successful September 2021, with subscribers astatine the clip receiving six months of entree to Apple Music for free. If it ever launches, the Apple Classical app would service arsenic a replacement for Primephonic, providing users with a destination for streaming classical euphony from the likes of Beethoven and Mozart.

Hidden references to the Apple Classical app were discovered successful a beta mentation of the Apple Music app for Android and successful the iOS 15.5 beta past year. Even much references to the app were discovered successful an XML record connected Apple's servers past year.

Apple said it would incorporated the champion features of Primephonic, including "better browsing and hunt capabilities by composer and by repertoire" and "detailed displays of classical euphony metadata," and it's imaginable that the institution simply needs much clip to enactment connected this. Primephonic besides compensated artists and different rights holders with a unsocial pay-per-second-listened exemplary alternatively of a pay-per-play exemplary similar Apple Music, truthful possibly Apple is inactive trying to fig retired a suitable payout exemplary for the Apple Classical app.

At this point, it's unclear if the Apple Classical app volition beryllium released astatine immoderate constituent successful 2023 oregon if the plans person been abandoned. We've reached retired to Apple for remark connected the concern and we'll update this communicative if we perceive back.

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