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Sony Music CEO Confirms 'Apple Music' Unveiling at WWDC
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All of the streaming services allow you to cache songs in "offline" mode. While on wifi you can quickly cache whole albums to your phone and then listen to them on the go without using bandwidth.
Spotify even has different music quality settings for cellular vs wifi... allowing you to stream low quality on cellular if you think of something you want to listen to that isn't cached... and then automatically cache the high quality version next time you hit wifi.
I do this a lot... not to save bandwidth, but to help with listening in the subway where reception is spotty. In my experience Spotify has MUCH better offline mode stuff than Beats. We'll have to see how Apple Music is.
Well, at least he didn't leave Apple Music in some bar months ago.
Samsung can barely do software. Their strength is clearly with hardware. The idea of a Samsung web service is odd, because it's not really what they're known for at all.
But there's already Amazon Music and Google Music ...
When the iPhone 4 was lost in a bar, did we hear about anyone getting fired?
Looks like Tim Cook & co can think for themselves rather than constantly thinking "What would Steve do?"
Does no one in the US offer unlimited data?
Here in the UK, I have unlimited data access on my phone, and I'm not unusual.
Apple wants 10 a month from you. Sorry apple, I don't do subs for music.
Agreed, since (most of) the macs have been refreshed, I want to see what the next OS X will be. Hoping this next release will focus on bug fixes and performance. I probably won't even watch the first half of the keynote, because it will be nothing but Apple Music, Watch, and how many devices they sold. That said, there is a still some hope we will see an Apple TV.
Meh. I would never use Apple for my music streaming because unlike everyone else they refuse to be cross platform and in particular they refuse to support android at all.
I don't currently stream music but I am genuinely curious: What is missing from current offerings that people expect Apple to improve upon?
I don't currently stream music but I am genuinely curious: What is missing from current offerings that people expect Apple to improve upon?
I wish Apple would recognize that there is a world outside the US / UK / Germany / France etc. It is a shame that a lot of the advantages of Apple are totally absent in their products sold in the “other” countries while the prices remain the same…
I guess the question is does anyone care about paid streaming? I have a feeling people are willing to deal with ads in exchange for free streaming. If Apple doesn't offer some sort of free with ads tier I don't see them grabbing much of Spotify's share. They can prance a bunch of artists on stage and go on about "human curation" but I don't think people much care. Free trumps everything.
Maybe with that rumored 30/70 cut that Apple takes going down means a cheaper price for it. Like $8.99/month or cheaper. A $1 price cut may not seem much but it is a LOT at prices under 10 bucks.
And how many people do you know who is prepared to spend $120 a year on music for the rest of their life?
Me neither.
Nah, I'll stick with owning my music. Thanks though.
Samsung already has something similar but it's called Milk... MILK music
who names a music service after a dairy drink? That only does radio at the moment, but I'm sure they'll add subscriptions and specific song streaming now that 
is.So tomorrow we'll see Apple Music (iTunes brand diminishing, first Android app); iOS 9; OS X 10.11 and Watch OS update with native apps... and people are bored?
For the last few years WWDC was the first Apple event of the year. This year we had Spring Forward, and still people are bored. Too many people in this forum are like kids who need Apple to entertain them, and fail to appreciate what Apple actually achieves.
For the last few years WWDC was the first Apple event of the year. This year we had Spring Forward, and still people are bored. Too many people in this forum are like kids who need Apple to entertain them, and fail to appreciate what Apple actually achieves.
I agree.
I hate the subscription model anything! 10 bucks here, 10 bucks there pretty soon you're talking' real money! I'd rather just pay and OWN something!
I have to download a hardcopy... I'm a DJ, streaming is of no use whatsoever...
Yeah, that's my fear for this year too. With OS X and iOS being rumoured to be mainly 'housekeeping' releases and the feeling in my gut that any Apple Music service will be limited to the U.S. at launch, I can't shake the impression that this could be a WWDC with nothing in it for me.
If, miraculously, Apple Music does get a UK launch then I hope they at least use the Spotify Family model and let me add another subscriber for a discount. Unless it's part of sharing iTunes purchases of course which would be my ideal, if unlikely, scenario.
That's the kind of stuff that Apple makes you sign not to ever do. Someone might be in for a world of hurt over that photo. After WWDC it might be okay but before is not going to make Tim happy
Who says it won't happen under Cook. Maybe not a broken partnership but there could be huge penalties. Same with perhaps the employee won't be fired but will find himself in a much lower position or missing out on some big raise he might have gotten in a couple of months