I'm still not entirely sure how it works entirely, although I've only used it for a few hours. I understand that I can stream songs, but is it possible to take them offline? Also, can I create my own playlists of streamed songs? I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm not convinced about paying for it yet.
You can save everything in "Your Music" for offline listening. Just use the "..." to expand the menu in any view. If you're in the library overview, you can do it per artist. If you want to do it per album, or even per song, you can just navigate to album or song and do the same there.
Not sure what you mean playlist of streamed songs? The whole idea is that you just have access to all the music, and it doesn't matter if it is bought or just available in "the cloud". You can add any and all songs in the entire catalogue to any playlist, as long as you have access to the streaming service. You can think of it as being two separate "libraries":
- ALL music in the entire Apple system. Generally you use the "For you" tab or the search to find music from this section.
- Your music. You can add any music to your library, be it a song, album or an artist's entire catalogue.
You can also songs directly to a playlist when listening to for instance Beats1 radio. Just use the "..." when it is playing to bring up the menu, and select add to playlist.
Can't find the app in the app store. Is it launched in Ireland yet?
Just update to iOS 8.4, and it's all in the native Music app.
Edit: I see you got it before I posted!