Apple Streaming Music Service Launches In June; 'High Profile' Singers In Talks To Debut Their Music In The Spotify Killer

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Apple's streaming music to rival Spotify would not be released alongside the Apple Watch. The overhauled version of beats, but with iTunes branding and better integration for Apple's devices, will reportedly make its official debut in June.

According to 9to5Mac, the revamped streaming music service of Apple is set to launch this June at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The report said that the new Beats-based music service is set to debut at Apple's WWDC keynote, probably on June 8, conflicting to the announcement of its debut on March 9 at the upcoming "Spring Forward."

"Apple currently plans to launch the new music service as part of an iOS 8.4 upgrade for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch following WWDC, but a final decision has not yet been made. It's possible that the service will be bundled into iOS 9 this fall, which is expected to have a significant focus on bug fixes and stability improvements," it said.

As reported, the supposed streaming music service would be worth to up to $7.99/ month, much cheaper than of Apple-owned Beats Music, Rdio, Spotify and Google Play Music. The music service is set to be integrated to Mac's iTunes and the stock Music application for the iPhone, iPad and iPad touch; apps will also be available for Android and Apple TV.

Apple is also very aggressive with its new music streaming, with the full intent of gaining most of the market's share in music. It was said that Apple is in the middle of negotiating with music labels to get high profile artists distribute their music FIRST to Apple before it makes its way to other services.

Interestingly, as part of the upcoming streaming music service, Apple is developing its first ever cross-platform Android application following the success of iTunes for Windows in 2000s driving the sales of the iPod, increasing beyond sales on iPhone, Ipad and Mac, as it gain a much larger scope of possible subscribers in the competitive online streaming music market.

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