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The October 22, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily recapped reports on upcoming iOS 27.2 features and discussion of a possible Apple Music rebrand. The episode is distributed via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and RSS, with a sponsorship from Backblaze.
On the Happy Hour podcast, host Chance Miller shared a week-long hands-on account of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone Duo, covering its hinge positions, software maturity, Touch ID versus Face ID, and battery performance. The episode also discussed Apple's newly announced 'Pro and Tell' product event and covered a HomePod Sound Glow feature test plus Apple's explanation that its new Apple Music logo was 'built by sound'.
Apple's upcoming iOS 27.2 update, expected next week, carries design changes to two built-in apps. Apple Music drops its red accent color for black, white and blue tones across the tab bar, library sections and widgets, while Apple Books repositions its reading controls, adds progress bars, and introduces a standard Liquid Glass menu.
A developer has released OnKey, a free and open-source singing trainer for Apple Silicon Macs. The app listens to songs played through Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube, learns the vocal melody after one playthrough using a vocal-separation model, CREPE pitch tracking and a note model, then displays scrolling notes with the user's pitch overlaid and a line-by-line score on repeat plays. It requires microphone and system audio access, does not store or stream music itself, and uses Shazam and LRCLIB lookups only to identify songs and fetch lyrics.
Apple has rolled out a rebranded visual identity for Apple Music, incorporating its Liquid Glass design language. The company also released a short video showing the creative process, which involved design agency TBWA/Media Arts Lab, producer Fred again.., and a physical setup using a mineral oil tank with a transducer to create ripple effects against branded panels.
Apple has redesigned Apple Music's branding, introducing a rippling-water logo created by etching a musical note onto a glass tank filled with mineral oil and vibrating it with sound tones. The project was made with music producer Fred Again and NEST Acoustics, and the app icon is also shifting from its longtime red color scheme to black-and-white. The changes arrive with iOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2.
Apple Music has rolled out a new logo and branding, reportedly shaped using sound-wave data rendered through Apple's 'liquid glass' visual design style. The refreshed identity ties the app's icon more directly to the concept of sound itself rather than abstract symbolism.
Apple has officially unveiled a new visual identity for Apple Music, including a redesigned logo created in collaboration with musician Fred again.. and NEST Acoustics. The company released a behind-the-scenes video showing the logo's shape was physically formed by sound waves from an original composition, captured entirely in-camera. The new design will roll out to users with the release of iOS 27.2 next week.
Apple has rolled out a new logo and wordmark for Apple Music. The company released a promotional video showing the design submerged in water, with sound waves distorting the visuals to demonstrate the rebrand concept.
Apple released the iOS 27.2 release candidate on Oct. 19, over a month after iOS 27 launched. The build expands Siri AI beyond English into French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, adds a FaceTime feature letting users run front and rear cameras simultaneously, and introduces a new Apple Music color scheme. Apple previously said the foldable iPhone Duo will launch Oct. 23 on iOS 27.1, with other devices able to update to 27.2 afterward.
In a lifestyle interview, comedian Demi Adejuyigbe shared details about his daily tech use, including an iPhone 17e, a MacBook Pro, roughly nine hours of daily screen time, and 72 unanswered emails. He also explained that he dropped Spotify for Apple Music after learning about the streaming CEO's investments in AI and military-contracting firms and the platform's ICE-related ads.
Apple has shipped the release candidate build of iOS 27.2, typically the final version before a wide public release. The beta cycle added Group FaceTime Dual Capture, additional Siri AI languages, Apple TV app profiles, reorganized Podcasts episodes, and a redesigned Apple Music icon with a new blue accent color.