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Apple And Universal Music Launch Sound Therapy Wellness Collection For Focusing, Relaxing & Sleeping

Resting comes more easily to some than others, and Apple is looking to improve the experience in its own way. The tech giant has teamed up with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch Sound Therapy, an 'audio wellness' collection designed to help listeners enjoy clearer focus, deeper relaxation, and better sleep. Available exclusively on Apple Music, it blends well-known songs with special sound waves that enhance daily routines 'while retaining the artist's original vision'. The selection is crafted based on audio science, or so the companies claim, and may include auditory beats or coloured noise, sound waves with varied intensity at different frequencies categorised by colours. Users can expect popular tracks like Katy Perry's 'Double Rainbow', Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour,' Sam Smith's 'How Do You Sleep?', Glass Animals' 'Heat Waves', Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved,' and more, which are sorted into one of three categories: focus, relax, and sleep. The full description for each is as follows: Maintain Focus: The Focus category is designed to support improved cognitive performance and concentration, tapping into the power of gamma auditory beats to help listeners get in the mindset to achieve optimum focus. White noise masks distracting sounds, aiming to help listeners stay in the moment. The Focus category is designed to support improved cognitive performance and concentration, tapping into the power of gamma auditory beats to help listeners get in the mindset to achieve optimum focus. White noise masks distracting sounds, aiming to help listeners stay in the moment. Time to Relax: Songs in the Relax category are made for letting go, blending and infusing in theta auditory beats to help achieve ultimate relaxation. Songs in the Relax category are made for letting go, blending and infusing in theta auditory beats to help achieve ultimate relaxation. Made for Sleep: The Sleep category is designed to encourage deeper sleep through an infusion of delta auditory beats or pink noise, which works similarly to white noise but uses natural sounds like rainfall and ocean waves. Both Apple and UMG clarified that Sound Therapy is 'designed to support a person's overall well-being' but is 'not intended to treat any medical condition.' It joins the recent addition of Apple Music Chill radio station that offers a 'continuous flow of chill highlights across genres, interspersed with mindful moments meant to remind listeners to make the time to find centre and calm.' Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth's theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia's greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really. apple music Sound Therapy Universal Music Group