HT204146 Do I have to download the song to my device to pay it or can I play it from the cloud?

I'm trying to save space. Can I play my music direct from the cloud or do I need to download it first when using iTunes match?

Murilo.mac wrote:
actually if I understood your question...
When I'm listening to my songs through iTunes Match, i DON'T NEED to download it on my Mac or iPhone, I just double click it on iTunes and it it start streaming on my iTunes, of course this stream has to download the song while streaming, but it is automatically deleted when the music is over. If I want to listen to the same song minutes later, I will have to wait iTunes to buffer the song again.
on iOS the same, I can listen to all of my songs through wifi/3G, but they are not downloaded on iPhone/iPad, just streamed.
If you want, you have the option to download all the musics to listen to them when you're offline, but it's up to you
As explained above, on iOS devices, the song is downloaded as it plays, but it is not removed afterwards.
iOS devices will start playing tracks from iCloud as they download and will store them
i.e, they will not be removed after playing.
This is straight form the iTunes Match FAQ:
https://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/

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