Report suggest Apple will fully integrate Beats Music into its ecosystem

APPLE is planning on launching a new Spotify competitor later this year and making it a central part of everything you do on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

APPLE is set to change up iOS, iTunes and its Apple TV in order to integrate a new music streaming service based on Beats Music, which it acquired last year.

While it has been expected that Apple will overhaul the Beats Music service for iPhone, a new report from 9to5mac suggests the company will widely integrate the service into its entire ecosystem.

The Spotify competitor will likely use iTunes name and be entirely designed by Apple, but will use Beats’ technology and existing music deals, according to the report.

The design will be made to look just like the current music app on your iPhone or iPad and will allow users to search through both the iTunes and Beats catalogue at the same time. Users will then be able to select whether they want to purchase the track from iTunes or stream it from the cloud using the new Beats based streaming service. Apple is also looking to include Beats’ curated playlists, a feature which was used as a selling point when Beats Music launched last year.

It’s also thought that Apple will continue to offer and support the Beats Music service for Android. This would be the first that Apple has ever developed an app for Google’s Android operating system, something Steve Jobs famously quoted as being “a stolen product”.

“I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product.”

Pricing wise, it is believed that Apple will charge $7.99 for the service in the US, less than the $9.99 a month Spotify charges.

In terms of launch dates, the service was originally pinned to launch as soon as March, but it’s now looking more likely to be June at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference.

Apple acquired Beats Music last year as part of a $3 billion deal, the largest acquisition the company has ever made.

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