Apple Music has launched a youth version of its membership. Is the 5 yuan/month voice-controlled plan worth signing up for?

      At the Apple conference in October, the M1Pro and M1Max were too dazzling, and the colorful HomePod mini and AirPods 3 were too high-profile. This made Apple Music's new subscription method, the "voice control solution", seem less important.

　　Today, we can already see the subscription option for Apple Music’s voice control plan in the iOS 15 beta. So compared to Apple Music’s official membership, is the voice control plan worth activating?

　　On Apple’s official website, we can see a comparison chart between Apple Music’s official membership and voice control plan. Let’s first take a look at the differences between them through a picture.

　　In simple terms, the Apple Music voice control solution is an online streaming membership with Apple Music's music library. Compared with the official membership, it lacks the following features:

　　Cannot be downloaded, can only be used online; does not support lossless music and spatial audio; does not support lyrics display.

　　　　Apple said that the voice control solution is an Apple Music subscription solution designed around the powerful functions of Siri. In fact, from the function, it can be seen that the voice control solution that does not support downloading and lyrics display is indeed more suitable for "no-look" listening scenarios such as HomePod, CarPlay, and Apple Watch.

　　So, is the Apple Music voice control solution worth subscribing? We have two suggestions:

　　1. If you don't have high requirements for sound quality and want to have music accompany you while driving, running or working, and the music library of Apple Music can meet your needs, then the voice control solution is still worth subscribing;

　　2. If you like to download music and need Apple Music's spatial audio and lossless music, then the official membership of 10 yuan per month is more suitable for you. Moreover, all the functions of the voice control solution are available to the official membership.

　　For example, Apple Music has added a new section called "Just Ask Siri" to help users better use Siri to access Apple Music. This section is now officially online. Siri can play the corresponding playlist by saying the corresponding theme.