Apple Music’s New Playlist Transfer Tool Is Finally Live in the U.S.
It will allow users to easily transfer their favorite playlists. Here's how.
If you're a music enthusiast, you'd know that it takes a lot of time to build a playlist. And if you need to switch to another music streaming service, it can be a pain rebuilding all of your playlists.
Well, Apple Music has changed that. After initially testing a feature that makes it easier to switch from Spotify or other music streaming services, in New Zealand and Australia in May 2025, as well as in the U.K., Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and Mexico, it’s now rolling out in the U.S.
So, if you live in the United States, you can now move your entire music library—playlists, saved albums, favorite tracks—straight into Apple Music from Spotify (and a few other apps). No third-party hacks, no endless copy-pasting. Just a few taps in your iPhone settings.
Here’s how it works
Apple teamed up with SongShift to make the transfer seamless. If you’re on iOS, head to Settings > Apps > Music > Transfer Music from Other Music Services, and you’re good to go.
And people who’ve already made the jump? Apple Music is raving about the sound quality, with its Lossless audio (basically, music exactly how it was recorded in the studio) and Dolby Atmos (a surround-sound-style listening experience). One user even joked: “If you switch from Spotify to Apple Music, you’ll be stunned by how much your music no longer sounds like it comes from the bottom of an aluminum can.”
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Of course, the timing of this move is…well, interesting. A bunch of indie bands have been ditching Spotify lately after learning about CEO Daniel Ek’s investments in military tech. Bands like Hotline TNT, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, and Xiu Xiu have all pulled their catalogs, calling Spotify out for not aligning with their values. Hotline TNT bluntly stated on Instagram: “A cooler world is possible.”
Meanwhile, Spotify isn’t sitting still. It recently launched a DM feature so you can share music directly with friends (some folks are joking it makes Spotify feel like a dating app). It's also testing a facial age verification system for “certain users,” which has sparked plenty of side-eyes online.
In terms of numbers, Spotify is still way ahead, with about 696 million users compared to Apple Music’s estimated 95 million. But with Apple making it dead simple to switch over and touting better sound as its big flex, the streaming wars just got a lot more interesting.
