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According to The Mobile Report, T-Mobile is preparing to add new subscriber perks that could include Apple Music, YouTube, SiriusXM, Paramount Plus, ESPN Plus, Xbox Game Pass, Google AI, and DoorDash's DashPass. The launch was originally expected on September 23 but has reportedly been delayed to October 1, and T-Mobile has not officially confirmed the plans.
Apple Music users encountering grayed-out songs are often dealing with either an offline device or a track that has been pulled from the catalog due to licensing changes, according to a troubleshooting guide. The music industry's territorial licensing system means labels and artists can remove songs or restrict them by region, leaving no option for users or Apple to restore access. The guide recommends checking a track's Cloud Status in Apple Music or iTunes, which flags songs as 'No Longer Available,' showing a sync exclamation mark, or 'Waiting' if syncing is incomplete.
iPhone owners are reporting persistent promotional banners inside the iOS Settings app pushing Apple's own paid services, including iCloud+ storage, Apple Music, Apple TV+ trials and AppleCare+. Many of these prompts lack a working dismiss option and can linger for weeks or months, leaving a notification badge on the Settings icon until users either subscribe or the offer expires on its own.
Apple has launched a dedicated live-music venue called Apple Music Hall at its London headquarters in Battersea Power Station, built to host and broadcast Apple Music Live concerts. The space seats up to 600 people, features 48 speakers with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos, 16 camera positions, two recording studios and a broadcast control room supporting iPhone video capture. Its stage can switch between a traditional front-facing layout and an in-the-round setup.
Apple is launching a new live music venue called Apple Music Hall inside London's Battersea Power Station, opening September 28. The 600-person venue will host single-show performances that are simultaneously live-streamed to Apple Music subscribers, backed by a 38-foot stage and a 48-speaker Spatial Audio system. Apple also confirmed it is relocating its London-based Apple Music Radio hosts to new studios at the same site.
Apple Music is opening a dedicated concert venue inside Battersea Power Station in London, where it will host ticketed shows for the public. The space is designed primarily to help Apple produce original performance content with artists that will then be broadcast through Apple Music.
Apple is launching a new live music venue called Apple Music Hall beneath its European headquarters in Battersea Power Station, London, opening September 28th. The 600-capacity space includes a reconfigurable 38-foot stage, a 48-speaker spatial sound system, wiring for 16-plus broadcast cameras, and two recording studios behind the stage for full production capability. The opening show's lineup has not yet been revealed.
Developers digging through the iOS 27.2 beta code have found unreleased features beyond what's already visible in testing. Discoveries include a live countdown timer for upcoming Apple Music album releases, expanded third-party app support for Shortcuts' 'Describe a Shortcut' AI tool, and a new 'Drive Mode Theme' option for CarPlay Ultra that adjusts gauge styles, colors, and ambient lighting.
iOS 27 introduces a Siri upgrade with 'personal context understanding,' which indexes a user's emails, messages, and other on-device content via a background process called 'Optimize Search and Siri.' Once complete, Siri can answer highly specific queries, like retrieving a hotel address from an email or recalling a song a friend recommended in a text.
Apple's iOS 27 update brings five notable changes to Apple Music: a landscape layout that pairs artwork with lyrics, an improved AutoMix feature with smoother transitions now also coming to tvOS and HomePod, redesigned artist pages with fullscreen color backgrounds, and a new weekly 'Friends' playlist that surfaces what people in your network are streaming.
Apple Music and Spotify both include adjustable audio quality and equalizer settings that can noticeably improve sound on an iPhone. Users can raise streaming quality tiers in each app's settings menu, then fine-tune sound using built-in EQ presets or custom sliders. Volume normalization features like Apple's Sound Check and Spotify's Volume normalization can also be toggled to balance loudness across tracks.
Spotify has rolled out a new settings toggle that lets listeners exclude children's and family music streams from shaping their taste profile. The change affects personalized features like Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and Wrapped, and it applies retroactively so past listens of kids' content won't skew a user's top songs or artists.