A strolling tour of Apple Music

I’ve been looking forward to the interactive streaming aspect of Apple Music with excitement for a while now.

As for the radio (Beats 1) and social networking (Apple Connect) features of the new service? Well, I suppose you could say I’ve been a skeptic in advance, BUT… Apple Music is finally here, and I’m sold on ALL of it.

To trot out some jargon: Apple Music is robust, intuitive, and personal.

Walk with me, won’t you?

Apple Music: the new music streaming service at a glance

First, you’ll need to access Apple Music (which requires iOS 8.4 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch). Here’s some instructions on how to download Apple Music onto your device.

Next, let’s take a peak around.

For You

This first menu let’s you customize your Apple Music experience according to your tastes.

Touch the corresponding bubbles for the genres you enjoy.

 Then do the same for artists within those genres.

Then Apple Music will start making some recommendations. Mine were dead on!

New

Guess who’s on the front page of the NEW section? That’s right: Apple’s new best friend, Taylor Swift.

And if you select a specific genre, you’ll see new music and playlists within that category.

Hey look! There’s Thom Yorke.

Next up, Radio…

I took a listen to Beats 1, and actually enjoyed it. Dr. Dre’s “Let Me Ride” was playing when I first turned it on. Nepotism, sure. But that’s a fun song.

And yeah, that’s a Hall and Oates radio station… which demonstrates that Apple Music has connected with my listening history from iTunes Radio.

Connect

Here’s something that we’ll delve deeper into in a separate post (for artists), but Connect is the social networking feature on Apple Music that lets fans and musicians interact. Artists can share demos, photos, videos, etc. and fans can like, share, and comment on that content.

My Music

So here’s a portion of my iTunes library, available for streaming within Apple Music. Nice. Convenient. I don’t have to go searching too far for favorite songs.

But… if I want to search for something NOT in my library, I can just hit that magnifying glass icon in the top right of all these screens and find nearly ANY artist or song in the iTunes Store.

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Alright, that’s Apple Music at a glance. Check it out yourself and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

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