User level: Level 1 (4 points)My phone tells me any new music I add to my android phone is not available in my country. How do I fix this?
Posted on Nov 4, 2026 6:42 AM
User level: Level 10 (152,038 points)Nov 4, 2026 7:18 AM in response to gypsy180
Music distributors/studios get to decide in which countries they can or want to release music tracks and albums. The Apple Music catalog in Japan will differ partially from the Apple Music catalog in India, which will differ from the Apple Music catalog in the US, etc. Tracks available to a friend in another country, might not be available to you. This might surface e.g. when exchanging playlists internationally.
There is no ‘fix’ for this, as it is intentional. Except maybe by you moving to a different country.
Apple Music could historically get confused on linked country by trying to play tracks from a different country from a shared playlist. Then the solution was to sign out of your account within the Apple Music app, then sign in again. That would always re-align the account with the proper country that matches your account setup and payment method.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256388717