Apple has quietly expanded availability of its music transfer tool to seven additional countries, allowing users to import playlists and libraries from competing streaming services directly into Apple Music.
The feature initially launched in Australia and New Zealand in May 2025, and is now available in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, according to an updated Apple Support document.
The transfer tool lets users migrate their saved music, albums, and playlists from services like Spotify through a partnership with SongShift. Users can initiate transfers through the Apple Music app on iPhone/iPad via the Music app settings menu (On iPhone, go to Settings ➝ Apps ➝ Music ➝ Transfer Music from Other Music Services).
If you don't see the above option, go to music.apple.com in your web browser, sign into your Apple Account, then click your profile picture in the top-right corner and select Transfer Music.
Apple Music attempts to match songs in its catalog, flagging items that need review when exact matches aren't found. Only user-created playlists can be transferred, not service-generated ones.
The expansion may indicate Apple is readying the tool for further international rollout in the coming months.
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I don't use any music or audio streaming services, i exclusively use my own video and audio files!
So that system politics by Apple (or any other entity) simply doesn't bother me... ?
It was a discussion and pain point back in the original iPod days. I remember converting FLAC to ALAC back in 2003-2004ish.
Unrelated to this specific tool, but to swapping in general, for anyone considering: the Apple algorithm has been great! The New Music Mix playlist that updates each Friday is just as accurate/dialed in as my Spotify Discovery Weekly playlist was. I think the app does a good job of surfacing things I already like and things I'll probably like. The queueing system is finally queuing things like Spotify. Apple increased the number artists to their Similar Artists scroller, which was always useful for music discovery on Spotify. No service is perfect but I think iOS 26 will bring some great QoL tweaks and the gap is fairly small.