A new report says that Apple has been working to integrate Beats Music streaming into iOS, iTunes, and Apple TV, possibly by the summer.
Apple acquiredBeats in 2014 but has not yet confirmed plans to come out with a streaming music service. 9to5Mac claims that Apple has decided to largely ditch the existing Beats Music brand on iPhone and iPad, instead choosing to integrate streaming features into the pre-installed Music app, which plays locally stored music and remains popular.
Users will be able to upload current Beats or iTunes music libraries with the new service, which will merge those songs with iTunes in the Cloud, and users will be able to choose specific tracks or artists to download onto their iPhone or iPad’s local storage.
Suprisingly, Apple could also be building a Beats Music app for Android for the new Apple-branded service.