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The new Music app. The navigation at the bottom of the app is mostly Apple Music-related now.Andrew Cunningham
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Sorting local music by artist, album, song, and so on is now handled by a drop-down menu.Andrew Cunningham
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The "Recently Added" list, which covers iTunes-purchased music and songs added locally.Andrew Cunningham
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Albums get flashy new color-matched views that look nice.Andrew Cunningham
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Another one.Andrew Cunningham
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The main "Now Playing" screen. From here you can enable repeat or shuffle, add songs to playlists, start radio stations, or find an album's iTunes Store page.Andrew Cunningham
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The menu of things you can do with a song that's playing.Andrew Cunningham
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You can minimize the Now Playing window to a persistent strip that hangs out as you tap around the rest of the Music app.Andrew Cunningham
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A recommended playlist from Apple Music.Andrew Cunningham
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While a song is playing, you can tap a button to see what's coming next.Andrew Cunningham
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The New tab is fairly self-explanatory, though Taylor Swift's eight-month-old "1989" isn't exactly breaking news.Andrew Cunningham
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The "For You" tab uses your Apple Music choices to make recommendations, more on that in a moment.Andrew Cunningham
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The Connect tab is Apple's replacement for your band's MySpace page. Don't call it Ping.Andrew Cunningham
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And Radio is a mix of the old Pandora-esque iTunes Radio feature as well as the new Beats One station.Andrew Cunningham
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The iPad version of Music gets a big redesign, too. The new view leaves much less empty space.Andrew Cunningham
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The Now Playing screen.Andrew Cunningham
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And here's the Now Playing screen minimized. The iPad doesn't get color-coded album pages for whatever reason.Andrew Cunningham
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At first launch after updating to iOS 8.4 you'll be asked if you want to sign up for the Apple Music trial.Andrew Cunningham
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Choose whether you want an individual membership or family membership. Family memberships require the Family Sharing feature to be enabled.Andrew Cunningham
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Confirm or deny.Andrew Cunningham
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To get recommendations, Apple asks you which genres and artists you like. Tap a circle once for "I like this;" tap it twice for "I REALLY like this."Andrew Cunningham
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Same deal for artists. If you don't see enough that you like, keep tapping "More Artists."Andrew Cunningham
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Tapping the icon in the upper-left corner of the Music app lets you manage your account, the artists you follow in Connect, and so on.Andrew Cunningham
iOS 8.4 is here, and aside from fixing a few nasty bugs, its biggest new feature is a redesigned Music app. Music hasn't gotten any major tweaks since being redesigned for iOS 7, and the gallery above will walk you through the changes. In general, it's a visual and functional improvement, especially on the iPad, where it makes better use of the screen space.
Also included are a few first-time setup impressions for the Apple Music service, which is included with iOS 8.4 and is free for the first three months to anyone who wants it. We haven't been using the service for long enough to say much about its quality—that will come later—but Apple makes it pretty easy to start getting relevant music recommendations.
One pro tip: if you aren't sure you'll want to keep using Apple Music after the trial period is up, tap the icon in the upper-left corner of the Music app, tap View Apple ID, and then tap the Manage button under the Subscriptions section. Apple Music subscriptions are set to automatically renew by default, but you can turn that setting off there.
Listing image by Andrew Cunningham
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