iTunes Radio was an
Internet radio service by
Apple Inc. that let users listen to automatically generated playlists based on direct input as well as collected data on music preferences. It was launched on September 18, 2013, as part of
iOS 7 and was available in the Music app on
iOS devices and
Apple TV (2nd generation and newer) as well as in
iTunes 11.1 on
OS X (
10.7 Lion; it requires Mac OS 10.7.5 or newer to run) and
Windows. It was only available in the United States and Australia. On January 15, 2016, Apple announced that effective January 28, 2016, iTunes Radio stations, barring Beats 1, will only be accessible by Apple Music subscribers. On January 29, 2016, the iTunes Radio channel was automatically removed from all
Apple TV devices (3rd Generation and earlier).