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Beats Music, the new Apple Music and Sonos

Hi everyone-

Just a note to clear up any confusion to all who are subscribing to Beats streaming music (formerly MOG) service and who own Sonos systems.  Beats Music was recently purchased by Apple (yes, THAT Apple).  Apple has now created their own music streaming service and named it, strangely enough, Apple Music.  So eventually Beats will go away and Apple Music will replace it.  That is all fine and hopefully good but...

If you own a Sonos system and if you currently subscribe to Beats you know that you can access Beats and enjoy it on your Sonos system. However Apple Music is not yet available on Sonos.  Sonos announced that Apple Music will be available through their system 'later this year'.  Good enough but, again, if you unsubscribe to Beats now you can not YET replace it with Apple Music on Sonos.  Sonos as they announce below will notify you when Apple Music is available.

In the mean time enjoy Beats on Sonos!  If you don't subscribe to Beats...never mind.

Enjoy.  Thank you- Doug at Hear More Music.

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Below is the email that went out to Beats Music users today:

KEEP THE BEAT ON APPLE MUSIC.

Apple Music is here! It packs the features that you know and love from Beats Music with a whole lot more. But don't take our word for it - feel it out for yourself. If you want we'll make sure all of your playlists and music preferences join you. (Oh yeah, and the first three months are on the house.) Want to migrate your music? Visit our FAQ: https://support.beatsmusic.com/hc/en-us/articles/204806894  PS. If you're not ready to jump ship yet, no sweat. Beats Music is still kicking. We'll give you a big heads up before last call.