Apple Reveals New iTunes
Along with the iPhone 5, the iPod touch and nano, Apply has announced the new iTunes for Mac and PC.
The redesigned player features iCloud integration and a new look for the popular online music, apps, TV and movie stores.
"We created iTunes because we love music and we're going back to our roots with an incredibly clean design that keeps your music at the forefront," Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, said. "The new iTunes works seamlessly with iCloud, always keeping your entire library at your fingertips, and we're adding great new features that make listening to your music more fun."
The new iTunes will be available in October as a free download at www.itunes.com.
The redesigned iTunes features a full-window interface on the Mac or PC that's simpler and cleaner, always keeping favorite content in front of you. The new library view makes it easier to view music, TV shows and movies, allowing to click on the category of content you want to browse and that's all you will see. The expandable album view allows you to see track listings for an individual album, while letting you continue to browse your music library. The new search feature searches across your entire iTunes library, including music, movies and TV shows. The re-imagined MiniPlayer makes it easy to control your music with a small tool bar, you can skip to the next song or search for something new to play-all without having to open your library. Up Next is a fun new way to see what songs are coming up and queue songs or albums you want to hear next.
With iCloud, all of your iTunes purchases are in the cloud and can be accessed from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC or Apple TV. iCloud also remembers where you are in your favorite movies or TV shows no matter which device you're viewing on.
The redesigned iTunes Store, App Store and iBookstore feature a design that makes shopping easier and more fun. Featured content is showcased right at the top and easy-to-browse shelves serve up popular music, movies and TV show choices. You also have a preview history that shows you all of the music, movies and TV shows you've sampled. iCloud keeps your preview history across all of your devices. Additionally, users can preview 90 second clips of songs while continuing to browse the store.
The iTunes Store is the world's most popular online music, app, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 26 million songs, over 700,000 apps, over 190,000 TV episodes and over 45,000 films. The iTunes Store is the best way for iOS, Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online. iTunes is the world's most popular media player for Mac and PC.