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Hands-On Walkthrough of Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio
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best new product apple has released in years. apple music and especially beats 1 absolutely ROCKS. and this is just the beginning!
Lame right? This is how it was with the original Beats. <- back <- back <- back. Jesus.
YES!!! I had to log in ( i usually just read comments) just to mention this! I hated the change, scrolling down hundreds of songs just to get to the 1 song in the album! lol
I'm sure the UI will be refined over time. Now that they've meshed iTunes with Beats they'll be able to evolve from there.
I'm having mixed feelings about Apple Music. I'm very excited about it at the same time I see some shortcomings that I hope are resolved before my 3 months expire. Otherwise I will keep my Spotify until then. One of the big reasons I thought Apple Music would be a keeper for me was song trimming - you can specify the seconds a song start and end. The problem is that Apple Music still doesn't have crossfade in the app which makes the trimming unusable. The cuts in the songs are brutal and unpleasant. If at least it had a fade in and out, that would work for me but even that is not a feature. The other deal breaker is shared playlist. It's not working for me. When I select share playlist, I get no link. Another one is collaborative playlists that Spotify made a very good implementation. I have not seen record labels and DJ playlists with current/new songs. There are plenty of those in Spotify. I hope Apple can build that up to the level Spotify has. My hope is that Apple Music is still fresh and need some more features. My fear is that Apple has been very stubborn in the past to implement simple feature, like crossfade...
EQ is in Music settings in settings! Freaked me out too lol
Family issues have been happening to me as well. They do need to have 8.4 to access Apple music features so I would assume they wouldn't show up till they could access it. My girlfriend was able to just open Apple Music up on her iPhone and it was already on her account privileges to have the premium tier. I will tell you all day my phone wouldn't show me as logged in and the app can't "see" my music that's on my actual phone/iTunes already. So I think they have a few bugs on their side with everyone signing in and trying it.
And dude. What has ultimately sold me away from Spotify(as long as it comes to Djay) is.... Music videos. That's bada$! I didn't know they would have so many big names with them!
I think it's better but it's still Incomplete. What's missing is gesture controls. Also 90% of the app feels like I'm using the old Netflix.
NEED CROSSFADE!!!! AGREED!!! Lol they do need to update and keep it modern. I like how easy Spotify has it on the phone to queue music and save music with a swipe to the right and left. Tight integration like that needs to come to Spotify!
it is unfortunate that they chose to censor songs and song titles. I won't be paying $10 a month for the kid safe versions of grown up songs. It should be an option that is toggled not a unilateral ban on "swears".
Yeah, I got that too. There is a really easy, simple fix, though:
Step 1: Answer your security questions
Step 2: Enjoy apple music
The New section of Apple Music has 15(!) different subsections and it can be filtered by 22(!) genres. Whoever designed this portion of the app forgot about 1000 noes for every yes.
- 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
I'm surprised I'm not seeing more mentions of the size of the streaming library. I got argued to death after the announcement that it would be every song in iTunes... Which I was sure would be impossible with such public holdouts as The Beatles.
But what I didn't expect was just how much of my Spotify music would be unavailable. I thought it would be nearly the same as Spotify, but I'm running into a lot more missing albums and grayed out songs.
I thought I'd like the convenience of filling out the missing music with my owned music, but my purchases disappeared and the whole process is confusing the heck out of me. Spotify has very clear directions on moving music to my phone's library. I think I'll be sticking with them or go back to only buying music and look into alternative cloud services with a better player... Which probably doesn't exist.
It is kind of sad to see the iPod turn into this app over the years. It definitely feels less personal than ever. I could've sworn Apple would go in the direction of true digital music collections with interactive liner notes on the phone, etc. We've gone in the exact opposite direction.
EDIT to add: Get off my lawn! You kids with your streaming singles.
But what I didn't expect was just how much of my Spotify music would be unavailable. I thought it would be nearly the same as Spotify, but I'm running into a lot more missing albums and grayed out songs.
I thought I'd like the convenience of filling out the missing music with my owned music, but my purchases disappeared and the whole process is confusing the heck out of me. Spotify has very clear directions on moving music to my phone's library. I think I'll be sticking with them or go back to only buying music and look into alternative cloud services with a better player... Which probably doesn't exist.
It is kind of sad to see the iPod turn into this app over the years. It definitely feels less personal than ever. I could've sworn Apple would go in the direction of true digital music collections with interactive liner notes on the phone, etc. We've gone in the exact opposite direction.
EDIT to add: Get off my lawn! You kids with your streaming singles.
As a simple workaround just use letters and numbers to group it how you like. E.G.
1a Rock - hard rock
1b Rock - classic rock
1c Rock - indie rock
2a Electronica - dub step
2b Electronica - breakbeats
2c Electronica - house
I was looking forward to the three month free trial -now I'm pissed off because I like it so much I know it's going to cost me money
Apple's much-anticipated music service, Apple Music, launched this morning as part of iOS 8.4, bringing on-demand streaming music, the Beats 1 radio station, and Apple Connect, Apple's new social network aimed at letting artists connect with fans in new and unique ways.
We went hands-on with Apple Music in iOS 8.4 to give you a look at how the new service works, what it looks like, what it costs, and how to use it. Check out the video below to get a thorough overview of all three Apple Music components.
Apple Music's main streaming feature is a "For You" section within the Music app that offers up on-demand music recommendations based on preferences you've entered and music you've listed to previously. "For You" is able to offer more refined, tailored recommendations as you listen to more and more music.
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If anything on iOS requires clicks, you're doing something wrong.
Yeah clicks probably won't come to iOS until iPhone 7 gets force touch and a haptic engine. Or maybe iPad before then.
I'm not sure what you mean because I can play songs that are explicit.
