Apple Music Classical

Apple has been promising a dedicated classical music streaming service since August 2021 after it acquired Primephonic. While our sources expected it to launch as part of iOS 16, Apple hasn’t said much about it since that initial announcement.

Still, it’s fair to say it’s behind schedule, as Apple had suggested it would arrive sometime in 2022. Thankfully, code found in iOS 16.3 suggests that Apple is still laying the groundwork for the service, which means it could arrive alongside iOS 16.4. There’s no visible evidence of this in the Music app in this first iOS 16.4 beta, but as with other components that rely on back-end services, it’s probably a matter of Apple flipping the switch.