The newly launched Apple Music service is getting its first reviews and early impressions from those who have given it a try.
Apple Music aims to revolutionize your music experience, offering an impressive set of neat features. With unlimited access to more than 30 million songs, its own live radio station called Beats 1, a Connect feature that allows users to follow their favorite singers and bands, an intuitive way of learning the users' preferences, and the ability to integrate the music you stream with the music you've bought from iTunes, Apple Music is already stirring lots of waves.
Apple fans who have bought an app, song, or anything else from Apple can sign up for a free three-month trial of Apple Music, using only their Apple ID and password without the need to submit their name, credit card or some other information.
The tech world is now buzzing about Apple Music and the first impressions are coming to light, with various early reviews trying to paint a picture of what to expect from this experience. Many agree that Apple Music is not all that easy to use as expected, and it may take a while to find your way around it.
Walt Mossberg of Re/Code: "My first impression of Apple Music is that it's the most full-featured streaming music app I've seen—and heard—and the first I'd consider paying for. But it may overwhelm some users, and I'll need to live with it more before I can reach final conclusions."
Kory Grow for Rolling Stone: "With its vast selection of music and smartly curated playlists and radio, Apple Music is robust enough to compete with, and possibly supplant, Spotify and Pandora as the go-to service for music fans. At the same time, users will need to play around with it a bit and dig to move past some of the less immediately intuitive facets (i.e., just how deep the "New" tab goes) for it to hook them."
Despite many reviewers finding it rather complicated to use (at least at first), Apple Music seems to be generating overwhelmingly positive reactions. Most reviewers agree that it's a strong service with great features and it can deliver a top-quality experience.
Ryan Waniata of Digital Trends: "Apple Music is easily the most ambitious service of its kind, and when you aim that high, you're bound to run into some turbulence along the way. At times the app feels a little too complicated, and seems to trip over its own taxonomy."
"We have no doubt Apple will be working out bugs for some time. But for now, Apple Music offers some amazing things that none of its competitors do, making it a serious contender. If users can get over the initial hump of learning to make the most of Apple Music, Spotify will have to start watching its back."
Clayton Morris of Fox News: "I spent some time with Apple Music here's a quick take: it's fast, it's gorgeous, takes some getting used to, Siri stuff is really sweet."
I spent some time with Apple Music here’s a quick take: it’s fast, it’s gorgeous, takes some getting used to, Siri stuff is really sweet.
— Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris) June 30, 2015
Bottom line, Apple Music is worth trying out, if only for the disruption it brings to the segment. Keep in mind, however, that these are only some early impressions on the new Apple Music service, but it's still too soon for full reviews of the whole experience. For now, these first impressions may offer a glimpse of what to expect.
