We are getting closer to the date chosen by the Cupertino company to hold the developer conference, where we will learn about the software developments that the new operating systems will bring. Among them could be a hypothetical merger of the Apple Music and Podcast app and in this post we will talk about it.
What would this change entail?
There have been several movements that Apple has made in recent years in relation to its music and podcast service. The most outstanding of all was when both services were separated within macOS to align the way users consume them, since in the rest of the operating systems there were two independent apps for it.
However, if we compare Apple Music with Spotify, we realize that the latter has the streaming music and podcast service within the same application , many users have expressed the wish that the Cupertino company would do the same with its two applications , so that everything would be much more unified and thus people who use both Apple Music and Apple Podcast would not have to use two different apps.
This would be, without a doubt, the main advantage that this change would offer users. Another of them could also have to do with a small restructuring in both services that would be accompanied by a design change and, who knows, if other novelties that, especially in the podcast part, are necessary for the Apple Podcast app continue to be one of the most prominent in this sector.
However, there are also many other users who prefer that both the music part and the podcast part remain separate, that is, as it is at the moment. This is due to the fact that many users do not use both applications , so it would be a hindrance for them to have, within an app that they use daily, a service that they never use, making the user experience worse.
It’s possible?
The viability of this possible novelty, especially in the new operating systems that will be presented at the next WWDC to be held in June, is quite scarce, although obviously we cannot completely rule it out . Taking into account that the separation of music and podcast that we were talking about at the beginning of the post and that it occurred in macOS, occurred relatively recently, it would be strange for Apple to back down in this regard and make the reverse movement.
However, taking into account that one of the main competitors, both in the streaming music sector and in podcasts, has this way of offering users its two services, it is possible that the Cupertino company has proposed this change , since it is also a good way to encourage those users who only consume one of these services, to consume both. Therefore, we will have to be very attentive to the possible rumors that will rear their heads between now and June to see if, finally, Apple’s Music and Podcast applications merge into one.