Apple will add Beats Music to the core iOS operating system with an update due “early next year”, according to a latest report from the Financial Times.
Apple acquired the popular Beats Electronics that has a music streaming service called Beats Music for $3.2 billion in May. Citing “people familiar with the situation,” the report claims the Beats Music subscription service will become a pre-installed app in an iOS update. The report does not specify how Apple plans to add Beats Music to iOS, but is possible that it will be launched as a pre-loaded app.
Beats will be probably be rebranded under iTunes, and will continue to operate on a paid subscription model, stated the report. Beats Music has failed to compete with the likes of Spotify and Pandora. A different report from The Wall Street Journal in October said that Apple will shut down Beats Music and integrate it to iTunes.