Question about iTunes match

[SeeGeeAitch]

Hey all.

I am currently not subscribed to Apple Music as I have such a large collection of music which I imported into iTunes when I moved overseas so I didn't have to ship all the CDs out with me.

Can't fit my whole library onto my iPhone and sometimes I won't have a particular song or album on the iPhone that I want to listen to at a particular time.

I've been reading about iTunes match.
Is it true you can't stream from the cloud or whatever to an iPhone using that service? Some write ups say you can't, some say you can.... I'm confused....

If you can, does it work with Siri on a Homepod?

Not quite sure what the point of iTunes match is if that's the case....

Also, will this service continue with the removal of iTunes as such from Catalina?

Thanks...

 

[Nigel Goodman]

Is it true you can't stream from the cloud or whatever to an iPhone using that service? Some write ups say you can't, some say you can.... I'm confused....

You can stream from iCloud to your iPhone - I do it all the time.

If you can, does it work with Siri on a Homepod?

Yes, same as the iPhone.

Also, will this service continue with the removal of iTunes as such from Catalina?

I don't know the answer to that. I hope it continues. I've been using Match f=since it first came out - years and years!