New iOS 9 beta with Apple Music integration due next week

Cue took to Twitter late Tuesday after the day's big Apple Music launch, and the question of when to expect an iOS 9 beta with Apple Music support came up more than once. Apple Music, and the 24-hour Beats 1 radio station, went live with the release of iOS 8.4, later landing on Macs and PCs with iTunes 12.2 updates.

As for iOS 9, Cue said a new build is being prepped for release early next week. There was some confusion as to when, exactly, iOS 9 would support Apple Music services after Cue tweeted last week that such a build was coming, but failed to offer a release timeline.

Other nuggets of truth from Cue's tweet session include a brief explainer that bitrate streams are variable depending on whether a device is connected via Wi-Fi or cellular, as well as a reminder that auto-renew can be turned off via the Subscriptions section of a user's Apple ID settings.

Apple Music on iOS 9 beta should appear in a form similar to that of the Music app in iOS 8.4, which AppleInsider took a look at earlier today. Apple's first foray into subscription-based streaming music comes with a few unique features over rival services, including a 24-hour radio station in Beats 1, a social network for artists called Connect and human curated playlists.