Apple Music is rumored to be available on Google Home, and its user base will be greatly expanded

Apple Music has been available on Amazon Echo for more than two months, and now it is preparing for another non-HomePod smart speaker. A Mac Rumors reader discovered a listing for the music streaming service in the Google Home app for iOS. This seems to suggest that Apple's streaming music service Apple Music may soon become a music service option for Google Home products.

In response, a Google spokesperson issued the following statement regarding the addition of Apple Music to the Google Home app: "Apple Music is currently only available to users of the mobile version of Google Assistant." We have no new news to announce regarding updates to Google Home. ”However, since this feature has already appeared in the Google Home management application, I believe that the official announcement should not be too far away.

As we all know, Apple launched HomePod with the intention of attracting user groups for smart home services and music content. However, Homepod has not completed its task. According to CIRP data, HomePod accounted for only 6% of smart speakers in the United States in 2018, while Amazon and Google accounted for 70% and 24% respectively. Many analysts believe that Apple plans to shift its territory from hardware to content and services, and that the services business will become Apple's largest source of revenue.

It was too difficult to break into the high-priced hardware Homepod, so Apple turned to compatibility with Apple Music to compete for the affordable market with a larger user base. In December last year, Apple began to support the Apple Music service on Amazon Echo devices, and users can use the Alexa voice assistant to control the playback of Apple music. If Apple Music can be launched on Amazon and Google smart speakers, it will be able to expand its user base more effectively and further attract new users to join.

When Google begins to consider extending an olive branch to Apple’s content services, will we see a win-win situation or is it a little white flag raised by Apple’s Homepod?