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iTunes Radio is Apple's free music streaming service. iTunes Radio is currently available only in select countries at the moment. If you're in one of the lucky countries, here's how the service works:



iTunes Radio is located in the iOS Music App.  So the first thing you'll want to do is, launch the Music App.

Then tap the Radio tab. If you've never used the service before, you'll see a Welcome screen. Press Start Listening to begin.

You be shown Featured Stations, and can set up your own Stations. Stations are the channels of music, of either a Band or Genre you like to listen too.

To add a new station press the "+" button. Then you can either search for particular band or choose a genre.

Once a song starts playing you can "Star" the song, saying you like it, or you can skip to the next song. If you really like a song, you can also buy it, buy pressing the dollar amount on the top of the screen.

If you pick a Band station, you will not only get songs from that band. iTunes will also play other songs that is similar and thinks you'll like.

Buy pressing the "i" button on top, you can access settings. From here you can "tune" the current station to either "Hits", "Variety", or "Discover".

Also you are limited to the amount of songs you can 'skip', for a time period, per station.

Also note that iTunes Radio is ad-supported, unless you have a current iTunes Match subscription.


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Apple's iTunes Radio is now streaming in Australia! (February 11th 2014). The service which became available in September 2013 for US users, is now available for all Australian; iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, PC and Mac users.

"iTunes Radio is a free Internet radio service featuring over 100 stations and an incredible catalog of music from the iTunes Store®, combined with features only iTunes® can deliver. When you tune into iTunes Radio on your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac®, PC or Apple TV®, you’ll have access to stations inspired by the music you already listen to, Featured Stations curated by Apple and genre-focused stations that are personalized just for you. iTunes Radio evolves based on the music you play and download." - Apple Press Release.  

iTunes Radio is free, and is ad-supported service. Unless you subscribe to, iTunes Match ($AU$34.99 p.a.), then iTunes Radio, is ad-free.

To access iTunes Radio from your iOS device, tap on the Music app. Then the 'Radio' tab.