First look: Apple's revamped Music app in iOS 8.4

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  • Reply 21 of 41
    yojimbo007yojimbo007 Posts: 1,165member
    Just downloaded ios 8.4
    Have been playing around with the music app and all features!,
    LOVE IT !!!
    There is so much there.. So many ways yo discover and listen to music... Can be over whelming but in a great way !
    Pretty cool so far.... Lets see how it keeps up .

    Good job Apple!
  • Reply 22 of 41
    boltsfan17boltsfan17 Posts: 2,294member

    Did Beats Radio 1 go down? Not working on any of my devices now. Keep getting error messages on my Mac and iPhone/iPad. 

  • Reply 23 of 41
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    The main interface of Apple Music is white/very light gray with pink accents. But when you select artists, songs, albums, playlists etc. the UI colors change to adapt to the artwork. Yet the bottom section with the mini player and Music sections doesn't change it stays white and pink. In some cases this doesn't look bad, in others it looks awful (see below). I think the bottom section should adjust to match the color scheme of the top section. So if the top section is black and orange or green and gold the bottom section should be as well.

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    Also in some instances the back and search icons are really hard to read. Apple needs to adjust the artwork to make sure both of those are clearly visible. And perhaps the status bar needs to go too as it just clutters the interface.

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  • Reply 24 of 41
    slprescottslprescott Posts: 765member
    Nice app, but I tried Beats 1 and... ick.

    I'm the wrong target audience: 50 year old who likes his own music library and exploring extensions of that.

    Apple Music may still be a nice way to discover new music, but Beats 1 is not for me. I'm curious about how much energy Apple is putting into Beats 1; how can you expect to design one station that pleases everyone? To me the power of radio (traditional or streaming) comes from the DIVERSITY of multiple stations. I'm glad that the iTunes Radio stations still exists, and that Apple Music now opens up a wide library.
  • Reply 25 of 41
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevenoz View Post



    One thing that confounded me for a while in iOS 8.4's music app was that the shuffle button for one's own music is missing. I almost always listen to my songs in shuffle mode on my iPhone.



    The trick is this: you must actually choose a song in your song list to play. Then, once it is playing, click on the title and then you'll be able to choose a shuffle icon for subsequent random songs.



    I hope Apple puts the shuffle button back where people can find it easily. This was _not_ a GUI improvement.



    (Yo, Jonathan Ive!)



    I completely agree with you.

  • Reply 26 of 41
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member

    One consistent theme I'm seeing across all the initial reviews is there is just a lot of stuff here. Apple crammed everything under the sun and then some into this new app. One review said it seemed like instead of designing the app from the ground up Apple just checked off a bunch of features and cobbled them together. Playlists exist across multiple sections including the ability for you to create your own playlist. And then there's also radio stations based on genres. The New section has 15 different areas within it (and the ability to filter by 22 genres):

     


    • New Music

    • Hot Tracks

    • Recent Releases

    • Top Songs

    • Hot Albums

    • Discovered on Connect: Audio

    • Discovered on Connect: Video

    • Apple Music Editors Playlists

    • Playlists based on Activities

    • Curated Playlists (from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork etc.)

    • Recommended Music Videos

    • Summertime Playlists

    • New Artists

    • Spotlight on Sia

    • Alternative Essentials

     

    How on earth could anyone be expected to navigate all that? What is the difference between new music and recent releases? Why do we need a separate section for hot tracks and hot albums? Why do we need a separate section for new music, recent releases and new albums? And why do we need sections for discovered on Connect when there is a separate section of the app specifically for Connect? Apple needs to take an ax to the New section of this app and radically streamline it.

  • Reply 27 of 41
    dunksdunks Posts: 1,254member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Robin Huber View Post



    The other thing that was not clear to me is that the Family Plan allows everyone to charge music to my credit card! I had hoped to include my married son and his wife who live 30 minutes away on my subscription, but I certainly don't want to pick up the tab for all their music purchases!

     

    What you are trying to do is precisely the reason family sharing accounts must also be linked to a single credit card.

  • Reply 28 of 41

    Excellent service so far. I'm just loving it.

     

    I love that there are playlists from Rolling Stone, PitchFork and Q Magazine. I love that there are so many artists that I can listen to. It really is an amazing service.

     

    The iOS update went off very smoothly and the Music app is the best it has ever been.

     

    I got my update notice at 8:15 PST. When I first opened the Music app, I got a small UI bug:

     

  • Reply 29 of 41
    pat907pat907 Posts: 3member
    So far seems pointless... All my previously downloaded albums are gone...the songs show up in the purchased section but what about the Albums? Not sold on this... Won't be signing up for the free trial with this
  • Reply 30 of 41
    pat907pat907 Posts: 3member
    why is my purchased music no longer in album corn but just one long list of songs? Definitely going to stop using apple for my music
  • Reply 31 of 41
    davdav Posts: 115member
    the iPad interface is poor, so much wasted space and tiny album artwork on the screen where the song is playing. Is it too hard to make album art large on a large screen?
  • Reply 32 of 41
    napmannapman Posts: 25member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dav View Post



    the iPad interface is poor, so much wasted space and tiny album artwork on the screen where the song is playing. Is it too hard to make album art large on a large screen?



    I agree!  I was shocked when I first saw it.  I thought it looked like an iPhone app in 1x mode.

  • Reply 33 of 41

    Does any of the new Apple Music stuff work well with car bluetooth controls? With downloaded music my car can see the playlists, sort through artists, show albums covers etc. If these new features work well with the car that would defintely be a reason for me to go with this over Spotify.

  • Reply 34 of 41
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,403member
    dunks wrote: »
    The other thing that was not clear to me is that the Family Plan allows everyone to charge music to my credit card! I had hoped to include my married son and his wife who live 30 minutes away on my subscription, but I certainly don't want to pick up the tab for all their music purchases!

    What you are trying to do is precisely the reason family sharing accounts must also be linked to a single credit card.

    Wow, what an arrogant, idiotic response. My kids have their own credit cards, and that's what I would like them to use when they buy stuff on iTunes. Oh, they're unmarried, one lives at home and the other is in college. Does a Robin Huber-type problem get solved? If so, how?
  • Reply 35 of 41
    slprescottslprescott Posts: 765member
    Two questions about "For You":

    1. After I've set my faves, can I ask it to play a random assortment based on those settings? I only see a Play icon next to pre-established collections.

    2. I've used the "Recommend less like this" on several rap and R&B collections, but they keep appearing in the For You list. Should my setting suppress them? If not, then what effect does that setting have?
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    slprescottslprescott Posts: 765member
    The buttons for Repeat and Scramble seem to be unchangeable sometimes.

    I know you have to select a song first. When I go into that song, sometimes the UI lets me change either of these two features, and sometimes it does not. Is this a bug, or are there some situations when the app purposely prevents you from changing this? I can't find a pattern.
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  • Reply 40 of 41
    I upgraded and all of my music is gone. GONE!! I've turned off the apple music as suggested. Still gone. I've alter purchased hundreds of songs and had 1,000 more downloaded for years. I subscribe to imatch and don't want to subscribe to anything else. Where are my songs??
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