How to play Apple Music on unsupported devices

Jun 6, 2024

Apple Music now has 100 million songs. Subscribe to the service and then you can stream the 100 million songs ad-free. Download your favorite tracks and play them offline. If you have subscribed to Apple Music, you may wonder which devices are compatible with Apple Music. Besides iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac/PC, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, you can also play Apple Music on many other devices: HomePod, CarPlay, Sonos, Amazon Echo, game consoles, Smart TV, etc.

Apple Music Supported Devices

You can listen to Apple Music on the Apple Music app and music.apple.com. The Apple Music app is already on your Apple devices, but if you've removed it, you can download it again from the App Store.

The Apple Music app is also available in the Google Play Store for your Android phone or tablet.

For Windows PC, there is a dedicated Apple Music app for computers and desktops with Windows 10 version 19045.0 or higher. You can download it from the Microsoft Store. If your Windows PC has an earlier operating system version, you can still access Apple Music through iTunes.

You can also listen to Apple Music on many popular streaming devices, smart TVs, and gaming consoles(PS5) if they support the Apple Music app.

Apple Music Unsupported Devices

If your device is not in the above list, you can't install Apple Music app and stream songs on it. Those devices include but are not limited to:

Pod Nano, iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic

Though iPod Classic, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle are also Apple devices, iOS system is not running on them. So Apple Music isn’t available on iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic.

Other MP3 Player

There are still many people prefer mp3 players, especially when they workout. Sony Walkman, Sandisk, Creative Zen, etc. are still widely welcomed. However, none of them is Apple Music supported. Even though you have downloaded the Apple Music songs for offline listening, you can't play them with mp3 player since Apple Music songs are in DRM protected m4p format, which is supported by mp3 player.

Smart Phones

Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian are not compatible with Apple Music.

Amazon Devices(except Amazon Echo)

Fire phone, fire tablet, fire TV which use Amazon Fire OS is not Apple Music compatible either.

Game Consoles

Game Consoles like PS3, PS4, PSP, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S are not compatible with Apple Music either.

How to Listen to Apple Music on Unsupported Devices

Don't worry, although you can't install Apple Music app on above devices to stream songs, there is another way that allows you to play Apple Music on those unsupported devices - the secret is to rip Apple Music to MP3.

Our helpful guide will walk you through the steps needed to download Apple Music songs, albums and playlists to mp3 format and then play them on above devices.

Steps to download Apple Music to MP3

1. Download and Launch Apple Music Converter

Download, install and launch Ondesoft Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.

2. Sign in to your Apple Music account

Click the Sign in button and enter your Apple ID.

3. Change output format(optional)

The default output format is lossless M4A. Ondesoft Apple Music Converter also supports converting Apple Music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. You can also customize output file name with any combination of title, artist, album, playlist index and track ID.

4. Select music

Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the playlist or album you want to convert.

Click Add songs.

5. Start Conversion

By default, all songs in the playlist/album will be checked. If there are songs you don't want to convert, please uncheck the box. Then click Convert button to start downloading songs to the format you choose.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the downloaded songs.

Free trial version allows you to convert 3 minutes of each song, to get the full version, please purchase a license.

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Features of Ondesoft Apple Music Converter:

Built-in Apple Music web player
Ondesoft Apple Music Converter features built-in Apple Music web player. Once logged in to your Apple Music account, you can easily browse and select any songs, albums and playlists you want to download.

Customize profile settings
Apple Music to MP3 converter allows you to customize Codec, Bitrate, Sample rate and Channels of the output file. Also you may save them as custom profiles for future use.

Fast Conversion Speed
The conversion speed can be as fast as 16X and you are free to set it as you desire.

Search Function
The powerful search function enables you to quickly find Apple Music tracks you need according to name, artist and album.

Customize file name format
Output file name can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID and you are free to customize it as you like.