If one chooses to delete downloaded music, it can be downloaded later. You also need to use two apps - iTunes to download purchases and Music to play them. Cloud Player downloads can be initiated by the user, or downloaded automatically, all within the same app. In fact, after attempting this, some of my songs cannot be downloaded at all, which seems to be a bug. While iTunes lets you download music from the cloud, downloading a long song over a cellular network is not possible. Unlike iOS Music, the Cloud Player can stream or download music.

A very large family (or one geek with too many gadgets) can share music from one Amazon account. The Cloud Player can be authorized to run on up to 10 devices from one account. The Amazon Cloud Player can play iTunes on your device without crashing AirPlay.Īmazon is very generous. You can play your Amazon music directly from the cloud, if you don’t want to fill up your iOS device. By clicking on the “device” tab, it can access iTunes music downloaded on the device, as well as music downloaded from Amazon. The most compelling feature of Amazon’s Cloud Player is that it can play iTunes music without crashing AirPlay. It’s simply a better way to play my iTunes collection! While I might not be buying much music from Amazon, I will start using their app to play music. First and foremost, AirPlay does not crash when using the Amazon app, and it can play iTunes music on my device! Amazon is taking aim at Apple and trying to take their customers. It has me wondering why I use the Music app on my iPhone and iPad. Amazon just released a new version of their cloud player for iOS.

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