lostkiwi

A lot of people in China like to use stickers and detailed emoji. So this will help iMessage appeal to them.
It will be hard to pry them off of WeChat though. That app is ridiculously popular there. 

elijahg said:

That's great but it seems Apple's forgotten there are rail lines north of Leicester. Maybe it's just because Northerners can't afford iPhones?  

You know nothing, John Snow. 
:-)

Obviously a lot of the long time AI posters aren't fans of AppleMusic and especially of Beats 1.
I however like both - and I would not have known about these playlists if it wasn't for AI - so thanks very much to the AI team for the info.  I have since downloaded the playlists and they are quite good, a mixture of familiar tracks and new songs that I have never heard before.

There are a lot of other curator playlists on AppleMusic that account for other tastes.  I enjoy dipping into a whole bunch of different genres and finding new music.
But that is just me, I guess.

robm said:

C'mon ANZ, NZ already.

Yeah I can't see why they are dragging their heels opening ANZ ApplePay in NZ - it is more than two thirds of the name ANZ for a start!

AppleInsider said:

The product still lags behind more mature competitors like Spotify, which is estimated to have about 30 million subscribers.

What other competitors? There is only Spotify ahead of them as far as I know. 
They could have just said Apple Musid is the second biggest music streaming service in the world.