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Apple music is here I'm Bridget Carey Siri play the theme from CNET update Apple music went live Tuesday morning with the release of the iOS 8.4 software update adding the new streaming service inside of the main music app on the iPhone and iPad you also find it in the newest version of iTunes on the desktop Android is getting it - yes Android but it's not until the fall also inside the music app you'll find the beats 1 radio station it's a live 24/7 broadcast with real deejays and advertisements and you can listen to all that for free with an Apple ID but as for the Apple music on-demand part that costs $10 a month and you get the first three months free you'll need to manually cancel before 3 months or it'll start charging the credit card you have on file with Apple to disable auto renewal click the icon to manager account then click view Apple ID select subscriptions then toggle off that way you won't be charged when the trial ends Apple music tries to learn what you like and offer custom playlists that match your taste but first you have to tell it what you like and hate based on these broad category bubbles and you keep diving in deeper telling it what artists you like now one of the things that makes apple music unique is theory you can ask Siri to pull up the most popular song on a certain day this song from a movie or the most popular song from an artist not all artists have allowed their songs to be played on Apple music you may find yourself spending time trying to stump theory and she will not always get it right play the song from Breaking Bad nope that's from the Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Walter White would not approve in other news the car hailing service uber is working on building its own mapping service uber now owns some of Microsoft's Bing Maps technology along with the data center and reports say the deal also included about a hundred former Microsoft employees uber is trying to move away from its dependence on Google Maps by creating its own map system and although Google was an early investor in uber it seems Google and uber are becoming competition not only are both companies getting in the instant delivery service but both are making their own self-driving cars and speaking of Google it just updated its hangouts messaging app for iPhone and iPad yes it comes to Apple before Android the new layout makes it easier to send things beyond just text and that includes stickers you can also send multiple photos at once Google says the Android versions coming soon that's it for this tech news roundup there's always more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey