EnTech: Apple releases iOS 8.4 beta 3 with revamped Music app ahead of late June launch

Apple releases iOS 8.4 beta 3 with revamped Music app ahead of late June launch


Apple today released the third beta of iOS 8.4 to developers, labeled build 12H4098c. The update is available via Software Update on iOS and it should be hitting the developer center soon. The second Public Beta is available as well for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Xcode 6.4 beta 3 is also available. As with the first pair of betas, iOS 8.4 brings a revamped Music application with a new design, Up Next functionality, a Mini Player, and a new version of iTunes Radio. As we’ve reported several times, iOS 8.4’s Music app will also be home to Apple’s upcoming Beats-based streaming music service. Sources say that the new service will be announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8th alongside iOS 9 and OS X 10.11, and it will launch publicly in several countries alongside the new iTunes Radio in late June.
Below, we list the changes in this new beta:


â€" Small user interface tweaks on the iPad and iPhone to the new iTunes Radio section.

â€" More prominent toggles for only showing offline Music.
â€" Music Search history includes past local searches now in addition to iTunes Radio searches.
â€" Now Playing screen opens when you start playback of a song rather than just only appearing as the bar at the bottom of the display.
â€" New animation when hitting the Up Next button on the Now Playing screen

@markgurman Song options show song name above options. On the right side it shows if it’s on the device or iT Match. pic.twitter.com/Wpf2pQ2hSW

â€" Tobias (@SuperTobie) May 11, 2015

â€" New iPhone logo to show music stored offline
â€" Trending Searches from beta 2 is gone (temporarily?).
Beats revamp still debuting at WWDC, global release late-June, iOS 9 details revealed
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1. ML (@MR_CoolFreak) says: Why do you guys keep saying it came with revamped music when that happened in the old betas, if there is nothing new besides bug fixes and performance just say “iOS 8.4 beta 3 is released”
   
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   • $eth ©hristensen (@sethchris17) says: Because sometimes apple takes away features in the betas… for example, apple took away the feature that let you change the color of your keyboard in the early ios 7 betas…
     
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2. Alex Farnsworth says: Also released today was a new 10.10.4 beta build
   
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3. Zoheb Khoja says: we can now finally see lyrics :D
   
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