Apple on Monday introduced a "Guided Tours" section to its Apple Music minisite, demonstrating some of the service's core functions in a series of videos.
Five of the tours concentrate on the tabs in the iPhone's Music app: For You, New, Radio, Connect, and My Music. The remaining two deal with playlists, whether curated or user-created.
None of the clips address the iTunes or iPad interfaces for the service, or the app for the fourth-generation Apple TV shipping in October. Third-gen Apple TVs will not support the service.
The videos may be meant to address complaints from some people that the service has a confusing interface. In both iOS and iTunes, for instance, Apple Music controls are mixed in with those for locally-saved content.
This week marks a critical period, as Apple is just two days away from the end of the initial trials for Apple Music. Starting on Wednesday, Oct. 1, subscribers will have to pay at least $10 per month for the service, and the company is expected to lose a number of people who are either dissatisfied or simply wanted to take advantage of the trial offer. The number remaining could be a sign of the service's prospects.
Because subscriptions are set to auto-renew, listeners must delve into settings if they want to cancel.