Summary
How to play Apple Music on PS5? Apple Music is now available on PlayStation 5, this article will teach you detail steps on how to set up Apple Music on PS5 consoles for enjoy music while gaming, we also teach you how to play Apple Music on Sony PS5 via USB drive, DLNA connection.

The PlayStation 5 (PS5) developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment was finally released in November 2020. Do you have subscribe Apple Music and you want to play Apple Music on PS5, PS4 or PS3? However, many users might ask: “How to stream Apple Music to PS5?” “How to set up Apple Music on PS5?” “Is it possible to stream Apple Music on PS5?”…The answer is Yes. On Oct 2021, Apple and Sony announced that the Apple Music app is now available on PS5! You can now listen to Apple Music on PlayStation 5! With a subscription, you can easily set up Apple Music on PS5 and play Apple Music on PS5 with Apple Music app.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 has added a series of media applications including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Spotify, Apple TV and more. You can go to the media home on PS5, and get the app installed. Before, we have explored how to listen to Apple Music on PS4. If you have bought a new PS5 and want to play Apple Music with it, how to stream Apple Music on PS5? Here, we will focus on 3 different methods to stream Apple Music on PlayStation 5, as well as PS3, PS4, PSP series, etc. So that you’re able to enjoy music while playing the games. You can even play Apple Music on PS5 without subscripton and keep Apple Music on PS5 forever. Let’s explore!

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Part 1. Stream Apple Music on PS5 with Apple Music App

Good news: Apple Music is available on PlayStation 5 now.

If you have own a PS5, and you also is one of Apple Music subscribers, you’re able to download Apple Music app to your PS5 for streaming music or 4K videos on PS5 consoles directly. Currently, only the PlayStation 5 consoles are compatible with Apple Music, if you use PS4, PS3, PSP or other older PlayStation consoles, please wait, I believe the Apple Music will be compatibled with more PSP models. However, how to set up Apple Music on PS5 for enjoying music while playing compatible PS5 and PS4 games on a PS5 console? Here’s what to do.

Simple Steps To Set up Apple Music on PS5

Playstation also listed the steps on how to set up Apple Music on PS5 consoles:

Step 1. On PS5 consoles, go to Media Home and select All Apps.
Step 2. Select Apple Music and tap Download option start to download the Apple Music App.

set up apple music on ps5

Step 3. Afer downloading and installing finished, please open the Apple Music App.
Stpe 4. Select Sign up or Log in with your Apple Music account.
Step 5. Follow the prompts to link your Apple Music accounts.
Step 6. Now, you can stream your music from Apple Music library on PS5

Tips: Althout you can stream Apple Music on PS5 directly, once you cancel your Apple Music subscription, all downloaded music becomes unplayalbe. If you want to play Apple Music on PS5 even when you cancel your subscription, you need to convert the Apple Music songs to MP3 and import them to a USB drive, so that you can save Apple Music songs forever, and playing Apple Music on your PS5 offline. Please keep reading the following detailed tutorial.

Part 2. Play Apple Music on PS5 Offline via USB Drive

Can You Transfer Apple Music Downloads to PS5?
Before the launch of the Apple Music app for PS5, users are unable to transfer Apple Music downloads to PS5, PS4, PS3, PSP, etc. The Playstation 5 only supports the MP3, AAC and M4A audio format. However, the music files downloaded from Apple Music are all encoded in a special format called .M4P with DRM protection. So, when you import Apple Music songs to PS5, you will find that the files are not available. Luckily, PS5 comes with built-in USB ports. If you want to stream Apple Music on PS5, you need to convert Apple Music songs to PS5 supported format – like MP3 or AAC, then and save the converted songs to your USB drive, so that you can easily to play Apple Music songs on your PS5 through the USB drive inserting. In such case, you need a professional Apple Music Converter.

Best Tool to Play Apple Music on PS5 Offline

TunesBank Apple Music Converter is a convenient DRM removal tool for Apple Music, and it can convert Apple Music to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC format with 100% original quality. 10X faster speed, stable operation, batch conversion make TunesBank Apple Music Converte stand out. In addition, the brand-new TunesBank Apple Music Converter V3.0.5 comes with built-in Apple Music Web Player and Music Player. This extra, yet fffortless features lets you discover, search, stream and download Apple Music without having iTunes/Apple Music app installed. After that, saving the converted songs to the USB drive so that you can simply sync converted Apple Music songs to PS5 via the USB drive and play them in the background.

The following is the detailed tutorial to guide you to convert Apple Music songs to MP3 and transfer them to your PS5. Please download TunesBank Apple Music Converter before getting started.

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Guide: How to Stream Apple Music to PS5 via USB Drive

Step 1. Install and Start TunesBank Apple Music Converter
This is a tool suitable for Windows and Mac computers. After getting its installation package from the official website, then you can start it. Note that the iTunes or Music application will also be loaded automatically.

launch the converter and sign in Apple ID

Step 2. Add Apple Music Tracks
Find the Playlist category and click on it, and you need to tick the checkboxes in front of the songs you want to convert. In addition, you can also directly drag and drop songs to the TunesBank interface.

add Apple Music playlist

Step 3. Choose Output Format
Go to the Output Settings at the bottom, you can choose MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, AC3, AU or AIFF as the output format. You are allowed to set the bit rate, sample rate and channel as needed.

Select MP3 Output Formats

Step 4. Start to Convert Apple Music Files to MP3
You can now click the “Convert” button, and TunesBank Apple Music Converter will automatically convert Apple Music songs to MP3 at up to 10X faster.

Convert Apple Music to MP3

Once the conversion is done, click the “View Output File” button to find the converted Apple Music songs.

get Apple Music MP3 files

Step 5. Transfer and Play Apple Music on PS5 via USB
Now you have got MP3 files from Apple Music and saved them to the computer. Please use a USB drive to insert into your computer and create a new folder to save the converted Apple Music files, for example named “Music”.

Next, you only need to insert the USB flash drive into PS5 to play Apple Music song offline: Find the “Music” icon> “USB Drive” on the main menu, open it, and you will see the name of the USB flash drive and the audio files in it should also be displayed. Then you can now start streaming Apple Music tracks on your PS5 for playback.

Part 3. Online Stream Apple Music to PS5 via DLNA

Alternatively, you can stream Apple Music from your phone to PS5, what you need is a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). DLNA allows you to share music, videos, photos between DLNA-certified devices over a home Wi-Fi network. This means you can play Apple Music from your iPhone or Android phone to PS5. But this method requires your device to be in a stable and smooth network environment, otherwise the playback may be interrupted and affect the sense of hearing. Follow the steps below to stream Apple Music songs on PS5 from iPhone with DLNA.

Step 1. Go to the App Store on your iPhone, search and install a DLNA server for iPhone.

Sep 2. On your Sony PS5, go to PlayStation Store > Apps > Catalog, find the Media Player app and launch it. Then choose your DLNA server on iPhone.

Stream Apple Music to PS5 via DLNA

Step 3. Make sure your iPhone and PS5 are under the same Wi-Fi network. Now you can play Apple Music songs from iPhone on PS5 while you’re inside of a game.

Part 4. Fix: PS5 Apple Music Not Working or Crashing

Apple Music won’t work on PS5? In this part, we will help you solve Apple Music on PS5 not working or crashing problem.

1) Sign Out of Your Apple Music Account

2) Check Your Apple Music Subscription

3) Update the Apple Music App and PS5 System

4) Turn On the iCloud Music Library on iPhone

5) Reinstall the Apple Music App on PS5

6) Troubleshoot your PS5

7) Play Apple Music on PS5 using the built-in Media Player

Note: This method requires to save Apple Music songs to USB drive, you need to ask help from TunesBank Apple Music Converter.

The Bottom Line

In short, you have 3 solutions to get Apple Music work on PS5. You are able to stream Apple Music on your PS5 via Apple Music app, DLNA or USB drive. Both of the first two methods require a valid Apple Music subscription account, and a stable and smooth network. Once the subscription ends, your are not allowed to listen to Apple Music on PS5 at all. The best method is to play Apple Music on PS5 with USB drive. So why not save Apple Music tracks to a USB drive forever? There is no doubt that TunesBank Apple Music Converter is the best tool to play Apple Music tracks on PS5, PS4, PS3, PSP, etc. With it, you can easily convert Apple Music songs to MP3 for any devices, save Apple Music to USB drive, and keep Apple Music forever, etc.

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