After coming up, then going down and Apple granting refunds to customers who purchased the service before it was ready to go, Apple is now officially rolling out iTunes Match to Canada, Mexico, the UK, Ireland, France and Spain.
The pricing remains the same as what we saw before:
- £21.99 in the UK
- $39.99 in Australia
- €24,99 in the EU
For those unfamiliar, iTunes Match is a service that will scan your existing music collection, match it to available tracks from Apple, then allow you to stream those songs to any Apple device. It’s limited to 25,000 songs, but that should be more than enough to cover most people. We have a complete guide to everything you want to know about iTunes Match right here.
The premature roll-out earlier today, and subsequent refunding, happened because the service itself wasn’t working yet even though users could sign up and pay for it. Now, it appears that Apple has everything online and ready to go, as we have confirmed reports from our own European staff that it is working as intended.
It's not yet available in The Netherlands. Damn! And I want it.
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LikeI actually was able to purchase it with german itunes account. I got an email confirming my purchase (written in german). but it doesn't work :D
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philpostro I just want to do my own iTunes Match by syncing my iPhone with multiple computers. It can't be hard for #Apple to allow this.
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RockTique Hello Meredith, wishing you a great weekend (early) :-)
johnserpa Hi John! Thank you :) Wishing you an awesome weekend as well (and it's never too early to think about the weekend, Ha)
martinsfp I was wondering what they were talking about in the new AppStore T&Cs