Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, speaks about music at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 8, 2015. The maker of iPods and iPhones announced Apple Music, an app that combines Beats 1, a 24-hour, seven-day live radio station, with an on-demand music streaming service. Credit: Jeff Chiu / ASSOCIATED PRESS
At its developers conference this week, Apple had quite a few software announcements and unveilings, but the biggest news was that it's launching a streaming service, Apple Music, on June 30.
Like Spotify and the service from the company Apple purchased last year, Beats, Apple Music will deliver millions of streaming songs for a $10-a-month fee. If you're ready to ditch downloading music for a streaming service, the good news is, you can try out a variety service for no fee at all. Apple Music will be available for a free three-month trial. Jay-Z's new music service Tidal offers a 30-day free trial as well.
And services like Spotify and Rdio offer free versions (with ads) you can try before committing to a monthly fee, if that’s something you decide on later. The free versions may be more music than you need and the price is tough to beat.
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