Apple Releases iOS 8.4 With Apple Music, Beats 1, and Revamped Music App

Apple today released iOS 8.4, the fourth major update to iOS 8. First seeded to developers in April, iOS 8.4 includes a newly revamped Music app and Apple's long-awaited on-demand streaming music service, Apple Music.

iOS 8.4 is available immediately as an over-the-air download, and the new Apple Music service is located within the Music app. Apple Music will be available immediately after iOS 8.4 is installed, while the Beats 1 radio service will kick off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

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Introduced at the recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple Music is an on-demand streaming music service that's much like Apple's former Beats Music service. It allows users to listen to an unlimited amount of music for $9.99 per month or $14.99 for a family plan that supports up to 6 listeners.

Apple Music is accompanied by the Beats 1 radio station, which features 24-hour live human-curated music at no cost, and Apple Music Connect, a social networking platform that allows artists to interact with fans and share content like photos and videos. Apple Music includes millions of songs from iTunes and is launching simultaneously in more than 100 countries.

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Along with Apple Music, today's iOS 8.4 update includes a complete overhaul of the built-in Music app. It incorporates Apple Music and it features a new design that shows pictures of artists in the Artists view and a new MiniPlayer with a revamped "Now Playing" look. There are personalized playlists, global search capabilities that make it easier to search within the Music app, and a streamlined design for the radio feature to bolster music discovery.

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Other minor changes in iOS 8.4 include the relocation of audiobooks from the Music app to the iBooks app, consolidating all books, print, and audio into one convenient spot, and a new Audiobooks for CarPlay app, giving drivers a standalone app dedicated to playing their audiobooks.

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penajmz Avatar
114 months ago
iOS 9 Beta 3 PLEASE!
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114 months ago
In an effort to condense the message board size, here are comments and questions most frequently submitted:
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* Is Safari snappier?
* Is the WiFi bug fixed yet?
* Why should I download it when iOS 9 is already out in Beta?
* Steve Jobs wouldn't agree to this.
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114 months ago
When can I get this on my Zune?
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114 months ago
Is there a new iTunes point upgrade coming today as well?
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seinman Avatar
114 months ago
We don't need a thousand "I don't see it yet..." posts. To alleviate load on the servers, they spread it out, so not everyone can download at the same time. Once I had to wait a few hours before mine said an update was available.
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114 months ago
Jony Lve: "iTunes 12.2 is so thin you can’t even see a way to download it."
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