Apple increases upload limit on iCloud music tracks from 25,000 to 100,000

Apple has increased the maximum number of songs that users can upload to iCloud through its paid services, Apple Music and iTunes Match, from 25,000 to 100,000. The change will be introduced gradually among users.

With the change, Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet software and services at Apple, resolves the promise in which he made on Twitter in June of this year. Although Apple did not meet the release date of iOS 9 on September 16, the change is now being implemented in phases, users report and Cue confirms to MacRumors. The 25,000 song limit has been in place since Apple began offering the iTunes Match service in 2011.

@karlfranks @robmsimoes 25k for launch and working to get to 100k for iOS 9

— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 27, 2015

Apple Music and iTunes Match use the capacity to upload music tracks from the Apple devices to iCloud. After that, users can stream their music on all their devices, even if they don’t actually have their music files at hand. To use iTunes Match and Apple Music, users pay $24.99 per year and $9.99 per month for an individual subscription or $14.99 per month for a family subscription, respectively.

Apple Music also includes access to a streaming music library of over 30 million songs. At the moment, Google offers the same functionality for free with its Play Music service. There, users can upload 50,000 songs. Microsoft’s Groove Music also allows users to stream 50,000 of their own songs for free.