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# Apple In Talks To Launch Spotify Rival, Android App To Offset Download Sales Decline
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/apple-in-talks-to-launch-spotify-rival-android-app-as-download-sales-decline/
- Published: 2014-03-23T21:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-03-23T21:10:00.000Z
- Description: Apple is in high level talks to launch a Spotify-like streaming music service, according to sources. Apple is also seriously considering adding an iTunes app Android. The two projects are. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/03/apple-in-talks-to-launch-spotify-rival-android-app-a
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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Apple is in high level talks to launch a Spotify-like streaming music service, according to sources. Apple is also seriously considering adding an iTunes app Android. The two projects are part of a broader strategy to offset declines in download sales even as revenues from streaming music are growing. Subscription service revenues were up 51% in 2013.

"They are feeling out some people at labels on thoughts about transitioning its customers from iTunes proper to a streaming service," a major label source told [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5944778/apple-mulls-launching-spotify-rival-android-app-as?ref=hypebot.com), who first reported Apple's plans. "So

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when you buy a song for $1.29, and you put it in your library, iTunes might send an e-mail pointing out that for a total of, say, $8 a month you can access that song plus all the music in the iTunes store."

While an iTunes streaming music service would appear a formidable competitor, Apple's music moves are not always winners. While iTunes Radio has found an audience, for example, Pandora continues to grow despite the new competition.