Apple’s iTunes Chief Eddy Cue has been taking full advantage of Twitter lately as his medium for sharing news. We first heard of Apple’s change of heart to pay musicians during Apple Music’s free trial via his Twitter account (in response to Taylor Swift), and now in a series of tweet replies, Cue has shared more details of the streaming music service set to go live on Tuesday, June 30 at 9AM PDT.
Cue explains Apple Music will have iTunes Match integration, meaning those who subscribe to the latter can just take advantage of one subscription:
@robmsimoes same basic features of uploading the tracks in your lib we don’t have is part of Apple Music
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 26, 2015
As for song limits within Apple Music, Cue explains at launch, there will be a 25,000 song limit like iTunes Match, but Apple is “working to get 100K for iOS 9”, which would quadruple the previous limit.
@karlfranks @robmsimoes 25k for launch and working to get to 100k for iOS 9
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 27, 2015
As for existing Beats Music subscription playlists, Cue explains an upcoming Beats iOS update will allow customers to migrate their playlists to Apple Music.
@domjnieto yes, there will a Beats app update to migrate to Apple Music
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 27, 2015
Apple continues to share tidbits of information on Apple Music leading up to its June 30 launch, as marketing efforts will surely keep ramping up until Tuesday.
