iTunes Is Dead...

Apple has killed iTunes, its most famous app.

Launched nearly 20 years ago, the app powered the iPod and then iPhone era, redefining how people listened to music and watched films. But over that time it also became widely mocked for being slow and bloated, as Apple added more and more features.

Now iTunes is dead, Apple has announced, and will be replaced by individual apps for its various functions. It will instead have a music app, a podcast one and a TV app, it said.