Roger Fingas
Tidal — the on-demand music service co-owned by artists like Jay-Z — is now available to stream on vehicles equipped with Apple CarPlay.
The heart of Tidal's CarPlay interface is My Collection, where listeners have access to favorited albums, songs and playlists, The Verge noted. A modified Explore feature nevertheless makes it possible to track down more music, as well as podcasts and the most popular media on the service.
There are already several on-demand music services on CarPlay, among them Spotify, Pandora and of course Apple Music.
Tidal has tried to set itself apart through exclusives, paying higher royalties to artists, and offering a more expensive "HiFi" tier with lossless audio. People signing up to either Premium or HiFi can get a discount if they prepay for six months.
The service has nevertheless struggled to compete against Apple Music and Spotify, the former having the advantage of platform integration, and the latter a long headstart that has made it the world's most popular on-demand option.
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From the lack of comments so far, ZERO, does anyone actually care?
I know it was keeping me awake every night... /s
Lots of posts here now get zero comments.
I'm very happy services like Tidal exist. But I'm cheap and am content listening to Spotify, Pandora, BandCamp, etc. for free with the commercials. If I want the hi-res, lossless version of something, I'll just buy the album. Most of my listening is done at my desk at work, where Apple EarPods are good enough.
OTOH, I pay way too much for SiriusXM whose sound quality is garbage. But that is a concession to the wife who likes the convenience.