iTunes Match included in Apple Music

It has done so for some time. From Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support:

If you have an Apple Music membership, you get all of the benefits of iTunes Match, plus access to the entire Apple Music catalogue. You can also get a Family Membership to share the catalogue with your family members. Learn more about joining Apple Music.

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It already is!

Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support

If you have an Apple Music membership, you get all of the benefits of iTunes Match, plus access to the entire Apple Music catalogue. You can also get a Family Membership to share the catalogue with your family members. Learn more about joining Apple Music.

Because Apple don't prevent you from signing up for both services. There was also a time when Apple Music didn't include all of the features of iTunes Match, and I believe an edge case for users of Apple TV 2 which likely no longer applies. You can cancel your subscription renewal for iTunes Match if you're continuing with Apple Music and there should be no impact to your library when the iTunes Match subscription expires. That said it is still wise to maintain your own backup of the library. (See Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy - Apple Community)

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How about you call up apple and ask what this quote means:

If you have an Apple Music membership, you get all of the benefits of iTunes Match, plus access to the entire Apple Music catalogue. You can also get a Family Membership to share the catalogue with your family members. Learn more about joining Apple Music.

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Subscribe to iTunes Match – Apple Support

You don't have to. When you Turn on Sync Library with Apple Music - Apple Support your own content and playlists get added to your iCloud Music Library in exactly the same way they do with iTunes Match. The difference is that Apple Music also gives you access to almost everything else in the iTunes music catalog along with your personal music collection.

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This statement is not true. iTunes Match is not included with Apple Music.

I have been paying $27.99/year separately from Apple Music for several years now. It sure would be nice if Apple included this in Apple One.

If you upload music to your library that’s not available on Apple Music, I think you’ll find that it does not sync this music to your other devices.

If it does, I stand corrected and I have a bone to pick with Apple for charging me for a service that no longer exists.

I just chatted with Apple Support. I quoted the above statement. Ralph said: "Apple Music and iTunes Match are two different services. Yes, the benefits of iTunes Match but still a different service."

I then asked: What benefits of match are missing? He answered: "Songs imported from CD's and other sources."

I don't want to risk losing the recordings I made of my CD's that are not on Apple Music and personal recordings of my band and music lessons recorded on Voice Memos that are now in the iTunes Match cloud, that are not on Apple Music. I'm keeping my iTunes Match subscription.

You should have a physical backup of the original copies of all of your content rather than relying on either iTunes Match or Apple Music. With either service you may get back something slightly different from your original. That said you don't need to pay for both services. Apple Music includes matched or uploaded versions of your local content as well as access to DRM copies of content from the iTunes Store.

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Snap! 🙂

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I am sorry you have been wasting $27.99/year for years. It is included in apple music. But there is nothing stopping you from paying for both.

iTunes Match syncs any music added to your library to all your devices. This includes music not available on Apple Music.

Yeah, and that feature is included in Apple Music

I just subscribed to Apple Music. How do I turn on "Match" without individually subscribing and paying for it?