Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more

OS 26.4 introduces several updates, including an AI-powered playlist generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, ...

Apple Music introduces a new way for you to create playlists with text prompts

Apple has introduced a new Playlist Playground feature with the first iOS 26.4 beta that lets users create Apple Music playlists with simple text prompts. The post Apple Music introduces a new way for ...
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Apple Music’s iOS 26.4 beta introduces AI-powered playlist tool

The feature, called Playlist Playground, appeared in the beta version of iOS 26.4 released to developers on Monday.
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Apple Music and YouTube Music join the AI-generated playlist party — as across-the-board ‘AI slop’ criticism continues

Apple Music and YouTube Music have joined the AI-generated playlist party with features designed to turn text and voice ...
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TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.
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