Apple Music, Beats 1: iOS 8.4 required

Ian Rogers was the CEO of Beats Music and is now Senior Director, Apple Music. He also holds a series of patents, including this one. Credentials established. Smart, and in the center of the Apple Music universe.

Writing for his blog, FistFulaYen, Rogers talks about his past opportunities, expressing appreciation along the way, leading up to:

Seeing Apple Music on stage at WWDC this month (fast forward to 1:43:00 in the above video) it was hard not to feel like the last 20+ years was leading to this day.

He follows with this statement:

Tuesday morning we’ll be unveiling the next chapter. Please make a note to upgrade to iOS 8.4 at 8am PT Tuesday, June 30th and listen to the first Beats 1 broadcast at 9am PT.

Interestingly, if you reload the page this morning, you’ll see that the 8am PT time was deleted from the post. No matter, the real point is that it sounds like iOS 8.4 is a required upgrade in order to sign up for Apple Music.

Can. Not. Wait.