Music abroad

[whitton_]

Hi there, I’m heading to France from the U.K. tomorrow. Trying to find a way to play music on the long drive. Apple Music looks like a plan but….will it cost me lots in roaming charges to stream the music on the trip. Also what about connectivity ie 02 network.

Any thoughts?

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@whitton_ 

Data is usually excellent in France (I go there 5 or 6 times a year and never had any problems) and you can use up to 25gb of your data (if you have that much) per billing period, without any extra charges.

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/pay-monthly/roaming-in-europe

[whitton_]

Amazing thankyou. I don’t suppose you know how much data a song uses? It’s a long drive!

[madasaf1sh]

@whitton_ 

Depends on the quality of the song stream and its around 5mb per 3 minute song (on standard / low quality(

Just make sure its not set to High quality as thats upto 25mb per song

Settings -> Music -> Audio Quality -> Mobile Data Streaming:

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@whitton_ 

Around 120 megabytes for every 60 minutes of streaming.

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@whitton_ 

You can also download songs when on wifi to listen to offline https://www.musicianwave.com/how-to-stop-apple-music-from-using-all-of-your-cellular-data/#:~:text=A....