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How to use the viral AutoMix feature on iOS 26 (and which iPhone models support it)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-09 14:00:17

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple Music users have often watched Spotify take the lead when it comes to innovative features and personalized listening experiences. But with the introduction of the new AutoMix feature, Apple Music may finally be closing the gap -- and even setting a new standard of its own. Also: How to install iOS 26 beta on your iPhone (and which models support it) What is AutoMix in Apple Music? At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, the company unveiled upgra

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Spotify may finally let you import music without jumping through hoops (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-10 03:04:55

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is working on a feature to import your music. Currently, the service offers no way to import music from other services. We also discovered a URL for the feature. Hopping from one music service to another can be a pain for multiple reasons. However, losing the playlists you spent all of that time creating may be the biggest pain of all. If you want to switch to Spotify, this will be the position you’ll find yourself in since it doesn’t offer an im

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‘The Phantom of the Paradise’ Might Find New Life as a Stage Play

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-03-10 07:00:08

The Phantom of the Paradise, the vastly underrated horror-tinged rock opera from the minds of Brian De Palma (Carrie) and Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie), might be getting a new musical adaptation. Movie Maker reports that Williams and Sam Pressman, whose father Ed Pressman produced the 1974 cult film, are currently developing it as a stage production. “I’m excited about having a chance to deliver what fans have been suggesting for years… POTP as a stage musical,” Williams said in a statement

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Don’t give me hope: Spotify’s long-awaited lossless tier shows signs of life again

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-11 11:33:18

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify’s long-promised HiFi lossless audio tier is likely nearing release, as suggested by new asset file leaks. The upcoming tier will likely offer music in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC files, consuming up to 1 GB of data per hour. This feature may be part of a “Music Pro” tier, potentially costing an extra $5.99 monthly on top of your current subscription. Spotify announced its “HiFi” lossless tier back in February 2021, but as you may already know,

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Getting Started Strudel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-08 16:02:40

Welcome Welcome to the Strudel documentation pages! You’ve come to the right place if you want to learn how to make music with code. What is Strudel? With Strudel, you can expressively write dynamic music pieces. It is an official port of the Tidal Cycles pattern language to JavaScript. You don’t need to know JavaScript or Tidal Cycles to make music with Strudel. This interactive tutorial will guide you through the basics of Strudel. The best place to actually make music with Strudel is th

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New code in Spotify’s app references the long-awaited ‘lossless’ tier

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-03-12 03:03:11

It’s been over four years since Spotify first announced its plans to launch a lossless audio tier that has yet to arrive. After numerous leaks and teases from company execs, we know better than to start hoping that the long-delayed service could be finally nearing arrival. But newly added references in the music app’s code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch. According to technologist and reverse engineer Chris Messina, a

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Taylor Swift once put Apple on blast and prompted big Apple Music change

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-12 12:23:09

Apple and Taylor Swift are each bigger successes today than ever before. 10 years ago though, they found themselves on opposite sides of a major issue that could have unraveled the successful launch of Apple Music. Here’s what happened. Apple’s transition to streaming music faced a critical last-minute challenge 10 years ago, Apple was gearing up for its highly anticipated launch of Apple Music. The company had spent $3 billion to acquire Beats, with a major motivator being the buzzy Beats Mu

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AutoMix on iOS 26 is going viral. Here's how to try the hottest iPhone feature yourself

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-12 12:52:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple Music users have often watched Spotify take the lead when it comes to innovative features and personalized listening experiences. But with the introduction of the new AutoMix feature, Apple Music may finally be closing the gap -- and even setting a new standard of its own. Also: How to install iOS 26 beta on your iPhone (and which models support it) What is AutoMix in Apple Music? At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, the company unveiled upgra

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Deezer says 70% of AI music streams on its service are fake

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-03-13 03:04:00

In brief: The problem of AI-generated music on streaming platforms being "listened" to by AI is so bad on Deezer, up to seven out of every 10 streams of AI tracks are fraudulent, according to the company. The practice can be a lucrative one: in 2024, a man was arrested over claims that he conned music services out of $12 million using this method. The French streaming giant said that AI-generated music accounts for just 0.5% of streams on the platform. However, its own analysis shows that 70% o

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YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing feature is finally reaching more users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-13 03:21:08

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing feature is now available widely on Android and iOS. You can use it to share up to five lines from a song in a custom image. The feature is live in YouTube Music version 8.24 and appears as a new “Share” button in the Lyrics tab. YouTube Music has been working on a new feature to help users easily share song lyrics for quite a while. We first spotted references to the feature in a teardown this January, and YouTube Music b

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Some Animal Crossing Lego sets are cheaper than ever

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2026-03-13 08:52:56

I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons in a pretty big way since the Switch 2 arrived. I’ve started a new island (the game loads faster and runs better on that console), and I’ve been doing house chores to the relaxing music. The natural progression of my invigorated fandom will likely lead me to buy Lego’s Animal Crossing-themed sets — and what great timing, as some of them are discounted . You can build some of the most iconic landmarks from your islan

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Walmart is discounting one of my favorite Sony Bluetooth speakers

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-03-13 11:39:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sony Ult Field 3 speaker is a midrange powerhouse with great sound and ample bass, and it's $50 off right now at Walmart. With a 24-hour battery life and features that encourage speaker syncing, the Ult Field 3 would be perfect for regular hosts and music lovers. I can't think of anything wrong with this incredible speaker, and its price competes with other speakers of this size and spec. View now at Amazon View now at Walmart more buying choices The off-white Sony U

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Bruno Mars headlines Fortnite Festival Season 9

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2026-03-15 07:51:27

Epic Games today announced that the headlining music act, or Icon, for Season 9 of Fortnite Festival is Bruno Mars, as a virtual stop on the artist’s world tour. The new season kicks off tomorrow, with Bruno-based aesthetics taking over the Music Pass and the main stage. As part of this season, Fortnite has the World Tour Bundle, which features several Mars-based outfits and cosmetics, as well as a new emote and jam track. The Music Pass for the season also includes other outfits from Mars’ mus

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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

news.ycombinator.com Imogen Tilden 2026-03-15 07:00:25

The celebrated pianist and author Alfred Brendel has died aged 94 at his home in London. The musician was born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) and spent his childhood mainly in Croatia and Austria. “I was not a child prodigy or eastern European or Jewish as far as I know,” he told interviewers. “I’m not a good sight reader, I don’t have a phenomenal memory and I didn’t come from a musical family, an artistic family or an intellectual family. I had loving parents, b

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Apple’s Music app in iOS 26 gains my favorite feature from the Mac

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-17 15:22:21

One major theme of Apple’s software this year is unification, as seen in the new Liquid Glass design and more cross-platform feature parity. In the realm of improving app feature parity across platforms, there’s a great new capability in iOS 26’s Music app that had previously been exclusive to the Mac: playlist folder creation. Playlist folders can now be created in Music app on iPhone and iPad More so than most Apple apps, the Music app has a complex history of offering different functionalit

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iOS 26 adds incredible new AutoMix feature to Apple Music

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-03-17 15:52:05

iOS 26 is full of new features for the Music app, including more expansive animated album art, in-app support for Apple Music Replay, and new pinning options. Perhaps the most impressive new Apple Music feature of all, however, is a new AutoMix. Here’s how it works. Apple explains that AutoMix in Apple Music uses artificial intelligence to analyze the audio features of your music to seamlessly create transitions between songs. The result, Apple says, is a DJ-like listening experience for all A

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Apple Music chief says ‘music is art’, describes Spotify free tier as terrible mistake for the industry

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-03-18 03:56:22

Apple vice president Oliver Schusser, who leads Apple Music, TV+ and Apple’s sport content initiatives, made some grandiose comments last week in a sit-down interview with the president of the National Music Publishers’ Association, David Israelite. You can watch the conversation in full here. Most notably, Schusser is asked what he would change about the music industry if he could do it all over again. He replies, “I think it’s crazy that 20 years in, we still offer music for free. It’s a terr

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How Mixtape reminds us that your mixtapes were your life | Johnny Galvatron interview

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2026-03-18 11:45:00

It took Johnny Galvatron and his small team of neophytes six years to make The Artful Escape, a musical narrative game that debuted in 2021. With Mixtape, the team has been working on it for about two years. Annapurna Interactive published the game from Galvatron, a former star from the Australian band The Galvatrons, even though it focused on a somewhat cursed genre of music games. It did well enough for Annapurna, despite its recent troubles, to publish Galvatron’s second game. With Mixtape,

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The Switch 2 Proves Nintendo Never Misses on Music

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-03-18 01:00:28

Nintendo is a lot of things to a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. Mario helps, and so do the host of other iconic first-party titles and the movies, toys, theme parks, and endless other IP offshoots they spawned. But beyond how Nintendo looks and plays and sells, it also has a sound, and thanks to the Switch 2, that sound is just as iconic as ever this time around. Seriously, though, listen to the Mario Kart World soundtrack right now. There’s a lot of newfangled Switch 2 music I l

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I tested this affordable Garmin sports watch, and it shouldn't be this good for the price

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2026-03-18 13:00:24

ZDNET's key takeaways The Garmin Forerunner 165 is typically available for $249, with the Music model priced at $299. The watch is small and lightweight, has a vibrant AMOLED display, 19 hours of GPS battery life, and features extensive support for running. I just wish there were more sports modes. $199.99 at Garmin $191.99 at Amazon $199.99 at Crutchfield more buying choices For a limited time, Amazon has discounted the Garmin Forerunner 165 down to just $191 ($59 off), making the already af

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Apple will let third party music apps show animated artwork on the iPhone lock screen, not just Apple Music

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-03-18 15:51:58

One of the stylish visual changes to the iPhone on iOS 26 is a new layout for the lock screen when music is playing. Artwork can now be animated and shown full-screen on the iPhone display, with playback controls resting on a platter of a liquid glass. You can try this out right now with Apple Music. Play a song that has animated album art, and lock the phone. But users of third-party music streaming apps like Spotify will also be pleased to know that Apple is opening up this capability as an A

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At last, wireless earbuds that sound great, feel comfortable, and won't break the bank

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-03-18 08:00:23

ZDNET's key takeaways The Baseus MC1 earbuds are availble now on Amazon for $69 Although the sound of the MC1 earbuds won't blow you away, the comfort and ease of control make up for it You really need to use the Baseus app to get the most out of these earbuds. $69.99 at Amazon The Baseus Bowie MC1 earbuds are now on sale at Amazon for $49, down 29% from the usual price of $69. I've been wooed to the dark side of clip-on earbuds. I resisted the urge for a long time, but eventually could figh

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Why does my ripped CD have messed up track names? And why is one track missing?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-21 01:03:52

A delve into CD ripping and metadata As of late, I've been getting into growing my music collection by buying and ripping CDs. That was all fine and dandy until I discovered that one of my albums, Echo Afternoon by Finish Ticket, was slightly off. On the left, the artist's Bandcamp page. On the right, my ripped files in VLC. There are three problems here: One track has changed name - Raincloud has turned into "Rainclous". Nothing Coming Soon should be 41 seconds long, but is instead 4 minute

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iOS 26 makes Apple Music Replay fully native inside the app

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-21 11:39:47

Apple Music benefits from a variety of big and small updates in iOS 26, including one that wasn’t included in the WWDC keynote or press materials: Apple Music Replay is now a fully native in-app experience. Apple Music Replay no longer lives in web view with iOS 26 The popular year-end Spotify Wrapped feature has its Apple Music equivalent in Replay. Except technically, with Apple it’s an experience that’s available all year long. Historically though, Apple Music Replay has had one major fla

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Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-21 11:03:37

Mixtape is the answer to the question, “What if the movie High Fidelity was a video game?” It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s pretty damn close, and either way it’s a sign that Mixtape is going to be a fabulous slice of late-1990s, early-2000s nostalgia, complete with a banging soundtrack. You can hear it in the trailers — Mixtape absolutely nails the classic Moviefone tone, and it seems that this vibe extends to the full game. I played roughly 30 minutes of Mixtape at Summer Game Fest 2025,

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Why Does My Ripped CD Have Messed Up Track Names? and Why Is One Track Missing?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-22 02:03:52

A delve into CD ripping and metadata As of late, I've been getting into growing my music collection by buying and ripping CDs. That was all fine and dandy until I discovered that one of my albums, Echo Afternoon by Finish Ticket, was slightly off. On the left, the artist's Bandcamp page. On the right, my ripped files in VLC. There are three problems here: One track has changed name - Raincloud has turned into "Rainclous". Nothing Coming Soon should be 41 seconds long, but is instead 4 minute

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The Beats Pill Portable Speaker Drops to a Nearly Giveaway Price, Cheaper Than Last Year’s Prime Day

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2026-03-22 03:10:16

A good portable speaker is an important part of any home. If you’re someone who lives alone and just likes to chill out to music and audiobooks, then a single portable speaker can be taken with you everywhere and help you out. If you live with friends or family, then you can keep it in the kitchen for background music while you eat. No matter the cause, a good one is worth its weight in gold. See at Amazon Well, thanks to an incredible deal on Amazon right now, you can currently get the Beats

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Apple Music just added my most wished for feature in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-21 04:28:39

iOS 26 is a packed update for iPhone users, and one feature I’m most excited about is a new Apple Music addition I’ve long wished for: pinned music. Pinned music is a key new iOS 26 feature in Apple Music Apple Music in iOS 26 offers the brand new Liquid Glass design found throughout Apple’s entire platform lineup. But the change that has me especially thrilled is a new pinning feature for your Library. You can now pin albums, playlists, and artists for quick, repeated access. Long-press on

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New Apple Music feature in iOS 26 will make singing K-pop lyrics a breeze

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-21 22:12:10

With iOS 26, Apple is making Apple Music a lot more fun to sing along with, especially for fans of international music. The update will introduce two features designed for listeners who enjoy songs in languages they don’t necessarily speak fluently. Here’s how it’ll work. Translation beyond Messages At WWDC25, Apple introduced several live translation tools, meant to make communication across languages easier in Messages, FaceTime, and Phone. But one of the more unexpected and delightful uses

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tvOS 26 amps up Apple Music Sing and will turn your iPhone into a karaoke mic

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-22 04:57:21

If you’ve been singing into the TV remote while using Apple Music Sing on your Apple TV, it’s time for an upgrade. As announced yesterday, you will soon get to use your iPhone as a wireless mic, with your voice coming straight through the Apple TV’s speakers. Here’s what it looks like. Shout it out loud Last year, Apple debuted Apple Music Sing, which lets you dial down the vocal track on most Apple Music songs, so you can take the lead and show off the singing skills you’ve spent a lifetime p

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Latest Tech News

How to use the viral AutoMix feature on iOS 26 (and which iPhone models support it)

Spotify may finally let you import music without jumping through hoops (APK teardown)

‘The Phantom of the Paradise’ Might Find New Life as a Stage Play

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Getting Started Strudel

New code in Spotify’s app references the long-awaited ‘lossless’ tier

Taylor Swift once put Apple on blast and prompted big Apple Music change

AutoMix on iOS 26 is going viral. Here's how to try the hottest iPhone feature yourself

Deezer says 70% of AI music streams on its service are fake

YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing feature is finally reaching more users

Some Animal Crossing Lego sets are cheaper than ever

Walmart is discounting one of my favorite Sony Bluetooth speakers

Bruno Mars headlines Fortnite Festival Season 9

Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

Apple’s Music app in iOS 26 gains my favorite feature from the Mac

iOS 26 adds incredible new AutoMix feature to Apple Music

Apple Music chief says ‘music is art’, describes Spotify free tier as terrible mistake for the industry

How Mixtape reminds us that your mixtapes were your life | Johnny Galvatron interview

The Switch 2 Proves Nintendo Never Misses on Music

I tested this affordable Garmin sports watch, and it shouldn't be this good for the price

Apple will let third party music apps show animated artwork on the iPhone lock screen, not just Apple Music

At last, wireless earbuds that sound great, feel comfortable, and won't break the bank

Why does my ripped CD have messed up track names? And why is one track missing?

iOS 26 makes Apple Music Replay fully native inside the app

Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

Why Does My Ripped CD Have Messed Up Track Names? and Why Is One Track Missing?

The Beats Pill Portable Speaker Drops to a Nearly Giveaway Price, Cheaper Than Last Year’s Prime Day

Apple Music just added my most wished for feature in iOS 26

New Apple Music feature in iOS 26 will make singing K-pop lyrics a breeze

tvOS 26 amps up Apple Music Sing and will turn your iPhone into a karaoke mic

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