Apple Music in iOS 26.4: Five brand new features available now

iOS 26.4 is available now, and it packs five new features for the Music app. Here’s everything new for Apple Music in iOS 26.4.

#1: Playlist Playground

iOS 26.4 uses Apple Intelligence to power a new Playlist Playground feature in Apple Music.

When creating a new playlist in the Music app, you’ll now see the option to enter a prompt for AI to use to automatically put a playlist together. The Music app also provides suggested prompts you can use to get started.

You can always manually add and remove songs to your liking, and make follow-up requests, but Playlist Playground provides a convenient starting point for new playlists.

#2: New design for albums and playlists

Apple has given albums and playlists a new, fullscreen design in iOS 26.4.

Now, the artwork for an album or playlist will be used to style the entire background of the track list and other UI elements.

So if an album has a prominent blue color in its artwork, a similar shade of blue will likely fill the whole screen. Sometimes complementary colors are used too, such as a black background when the artwork has shades of white and gray.

#3: Ambient Music widget

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