How is iPod Touch 5th gen performing with iOS 8.4?

DO NOT DO IT!!! I kinda like the way music looks when it's playing now, and that you can create a queue, but if you have a lot of music, I do not advise updating. It doesn't sort correctly, the albums sort by artists instead of title. Also I've had problems putting music from my computer onto it after the update- I don't know if that is because of the update or not. It really isn't that great if you're not using Apple Music (I'm not). But it's really your choice. I don't know about lag, but mine has stopped restarting all the time so that's one good thing. This probably doesn't make sense, but I tried?

iPod touch (5th gen), iOS 8.4

My policy (after last winter's IOS 8.x.x whatever).... ignore ALL I.O.S "updates" for at least 6 months post-release!!!! Bricked my wifi 8 seconds after IOS update. Have been told by all geniuses and communities that it's all the fault of my "broken" iPod 5th gen. Hmmm... and here it worked flawlessly pre-Update?

I wish I had seen this earlier, the new OS makes iTunes a nightmare, can't shuffle songs, music disappears and can't be added back from my PC, artwork maybe/maybe not, useless on the fly (everything has to be done with Playlists.) This is my biggest Apple disappointment ever! It was iTunes that brought me to Apple products, and it may be my reason to leave. I suppose if you're interested in streaming (I am not,) there might be something here for you. Otherwise forget about it, I feel like I have 3 pricey new paperweights.

DO NOT UPDATE!!!!!!! Mine will no longer work in the car. The only reason I bought it was to play music in my car. Now it repeats the same song over and over, will not forward, will not respond to the buttons on the dashboard. It worked for a couple of years just fine. The last two updates have been horrible , and now.....it is worthless. I am using it to hold the doggie door open and buying a Sansa. 8.4 ruined the iPod for my use.

I have had several problems since updating to 8.4.

In the new Music app it does not seem possible to list all songs in the Ipod in order to play them randomly. It only recognizes existing play lists.

I added some new albums in Itunes on my computer but these are not transferred to my Ipod when I synchronise, even after synchronising three times.

Most of the album images on my Ipod have disappeared.

Does anyone know of any fixes for all the problems listed in these posts? Is there anyone from Apple listening to this?

I'll second so many others; DON'T DO IT!!! I upgraded about 2 weeks ago and lost all my music and videos. Just gone. Instead I had about 15 new songs that I did not buy and do not want. Having an ipod should mean being able to carry all your songs along with you so you can play them anywhere you are. Not any more. I don't belong to icloud, music match or anything else. I just want my music back. I'm traveling so I will not be able to reload from my itunes for another 3 months. I'm not optimistic about trying to restore all my music from itunes. There is just too much wrong with 8.4.

i've encountered the following

- all my tracks were sorted as Surname, Foreman for artists, since the update, some stay like that, some revert to sorting by first name - not consistent

- shuffle all songs by specified artist is no longer there

- tracks marked as "skip when shuffling" still play in shuffle

- albums are sorted in artist alphabetical order, not album title

the interface takes some getting used to but is ok once you get the hang of it

Because Apple's thing is having wide support for all of their products. IMHO, I actually think the performance is fine. I use an iPod touch 5th gen and see no problems. Heck, I'm running iOS 9 beta and it works fine. The iPod 6th gen that I just got as a second device is way better. I think that iOS 9 will be the last big number update for the A5 processor.