14 DAY TRIAL // This week, Apple made a series of changes to its iTunes services, making them available for users in far more countries than before.
Starting with yesterday, iTunes Match is available for users in two more European countries, namely Hungary and Poland.
Through this service, users are able to access their entire music libraries from a range of internet-connected devices.
Based on the cloud, the service comes with a subscription of €24.99 per year in these two countries, the same as in other countries across Europe.
All of user’s music libraries are matched to the iTunes Music Store catalog, which makes tracks available for download almost immediately.
There are over 60 countries in which Apple is currently offering music through the iTunes Store, yet not all of them benefit from iTunes Match as of now (such as Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden).
Along with this expanded service, Apple also made its iTunes in the Cloud feature available in a wide range of new countries.
Over 35 new countries can now benefit from the service, which provides users with the possibility to download movies purchased from the iTunes Store on their computer, iOS device, or Apple TV.
According to macrumors, some of the countries that now benefit from access to this feature include Ireland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in Europe.
In Latin America, the service is now available in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Moreover, Apple expanded the feature to a series of Asian countries as well, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
While iTunes in the Cloud for music and music videos was already launched in 50 countries around the world, support for TV shows was available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.