Stream Music on iPad with iTunes Match Service

16 Nov 2011 | iPad Music | Ali Gorelova on Google+

Apple has launched its new music service called iTunes Match. With it you can stream your favorite songs from iPad or any other device.

The “streaming” service is available on iTunes and App Store. You can sign up for it if you have downloaded the iTunes 10.5.1 and updated your current desktop application.

iTunes Match is offered for an annual fee of $25.

The Way It Works

You probably want to know how the new Apple’s app works.

Let’s see.

Once you have signed up for iTunes Match, it will scan through the music library of yours and match each song and music composition to the iTunes Library. If the song doesn’t have a match, it will automatically be uploaded into the cloud.

Thanks to this cool service, a record of all your songs will be kept. And once you have access to internet, you’ll be able to play your music list within from iPad, iPod or iPhone.

Not Exactly Streaming

According to Apple, its service doesn’t provide you with music streaming. You download songs by pushing play. And you can listen to each song while it is place on the hard drive, but you aren’t streaming it from the cloud.

When You Can Download Songs from

It is important to mention that you are allowed to download your music from anywhere you want.

It doesn’t have to be iTunes music that you have to pay for. iTunes Match doesn’t care where your compositions come from, Amazon or elsewhere. If the song is on your hard drive, it will be played from any of your gadgets.

Song’s Quality

Each song you listen to via this app is in 256kbps quality. It doesn’t matter which format is loaded on your PC, the app plays music in AAC from the web.

Number of Songs and Devices

Apple allows you to play 25,000 songs and use 10 gadgets for iTunes Match.

It’s not the only limit this application currently has.

For now, it’s only available in theUSA.

You can download iTunes 10.5.1 version via Apple’s site.