News & Reviews:   Apple Music

Just a few months after the web version of Apple Music went live, the company went "nope, let's get you back into beta". That's right, Apple has relaunched the beta version Apple Music website and this time it has some new features. The reason behind this is the next phase of preview for macOS Big Sur and iOS 14, which come with the new features.

After months of testing, the web version of Apple Music has finally exited its beta phase. Now, even those who don't have Apple devices can access the service through a web browser by visiting music.apple.com. The service will be available on Windows 10, Linux, and Chrome OS.

According to leaks, Apple Arcade may cost users USD$4.99 a month. If you aren’t up to speed, Apple Arcade is Apple’s game subscription service which can be used across the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV and Mac computers. 

It appears that Apple has made the first move in shutting down iTunes by closing down their Instagram account, as spotted by a Reddit user. Not only that, all posts on the official iTunes Facebook account has been removed as well.

The first update of Youtube Music of 2019 (version 2.65), isn’t that big of an update. Or is it? Source codes in the app reveals that the app may be evolving into a music player for Android devices which may replace Play Music, thus turning it into Android’s default music player.

If you're an Apple and Celcom, Digi or U Mobile user, you're in luck because they've announced that all subscribers can now pay for purchases in the App Store, Apple Music and iTunes directly from their mobile phone account. This applies to both postpaid and prepaid users.

Apple's WWDC just went down yesterday with a number of major announcements including iOS 9, Apple Music and watchOS 2. Apple iOS 9 will be coming to certain Apple devices with a number of new features including a split screen view for multitasking, a built-in notes app, better Siri and Apple Maps, a news app and improved battery and performance. Instead of 4.6GB free storage space like last time, you only need 1.3GB free storage space to install iOS 9. All devices that ran iOS 8 will get iOS 9 but older less powerful devices may get a slimmer version which is faster but has less features. Apple Music on the other hand will be Apple's take on music streaming much like Spotify. The watchOS 2 on the other hand will offer Apple Watch users some new features and improvements. Other new features for iOS 9 include a screen recording feature, new fonts and changes to the keyboard. Check out the Apple site for more details.