Chance Miller. In addition to launching its annual Back to School promotion today, Apple is also now offering students an extended Apple Music trial. Apple typically offers a three-month free trial of Apple Music though promotions from retailers, and carriers sometimes extend that to four months.

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We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Free trials are very nice — especially when they last three whole months. Sign up for Apple Music, and that's exactly the deal you'll get. That's pretty far away, and it's very easy to forget about renewal dates.
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Spotify has extended the free-trial period it offers for Spotify Premium from one month to three, the default length of Apple's free trial for Apple Music. Streaming giant Spotify is now offering three free months to anyone who has yet to try their service, according to a news post on their site. The trial period currently only extends to individual and student plans and will roll out across Duo and Family in the coming months.
Thanks to a creative workaround, originally found by 9to5Mac , you can use a special Shazam promotion to double the length of a typical free trial for Apple Music. To get started, download Shazam for iOS. When it does, it should automatically add the song to your Shazam library. Tap that. Cross your fingers on this part, because your promotion could drop to a meager one month likely for those who have already subscribed to Apple Music at some point, as I did. As one commenter described :. We both went through the same process.