Apple Reveals Release Date Of iOS 8.4, Apple Music And Beats 1

Apple is all set to release iOS 8.4 at 8 am PT on June 30 which will have the newly revamped Music app to support Apple Music, according to reports.

This is two hours earlier that the company’s usual iOS update release Window and the change in scheduling appears to be in service of Beats 1 that will begin streaming from 9 am on the same day, according to a report on 9 to 5 Mac.

According to a report on Mac Rumors, Beats 1 is free for all users signing in with an Apple ID. Besides Beats 1, Apple Music also includes a paid streaming component that is priced at $9.99 per month for a single user or $14.99 for a family of six people. Subscribers can access the entire Apple Music catalog of over 30 million tracks and Apple is also offering a three month free trial that will allow users to test the new service for an extended time, reports Mac Rumors.

Apple’s SVP Eddy Cue has been sharing some details about Apple Music on micro blogging site, Twitter, as per 9 to 5 Mac. The publication mentioned that Eddy Cue had explained to a customer on how Apple Music and iTunes Match function together. As Apple Music goes through the same matching and uploading songs process similar to iTunes Match, Apple users don’t have to subscribe to both iTunes Match and Apple Music to avail all features, as per the 9 to 5 Mac report.

As per Cue, Apple Music will get the same 25,000 song library limit that exists with iTunes Match, currently, however, Apple is working towards increasing the limit to 100,000 songs for iOS 9. This will enable users to access additional features with larger libraries. Apple Music needs iOS 8.4 that will be released on June 30 and for the developers running iOS 9, Cue said that a new iOS 9 beta seed will add support to the service, according to 9 to 5 Mac report.

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