It is a separate subscription [1], and hardly advertised at all anymore. I use it instead of Apple Music, and pay 188 HKD/a, that's around US$ 25 per year. Her

It is a separate subscription [1], and hardly advertised at all anymore. I use it instead of Apple Music, and pay 188 HKD/a, that's around US$ 25 per year. Here's basically what it does: * you add your music library to it. * what it recognises, it matches, and upgrades to 256 kbit/s AAC encoded quality. * what it doesn't recognise, it uploads and stores. * all of it is now available on all your devices (and you can download/delete local copies at will). I was thinking of "upgrading" to Apple Music (as part of Apple One), and I'd hate if that functionality (specifically the uploading/syncing of "unmatched" songs) were removed! [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146