Apple releases iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 | Infinium-tech

Today Apple has released the latest version of its operating system. iOS 26.4 comes with an AI playlist generator for Apple Music, a feature similar to what Spotify already has (and launching in 2024).

It’s called Playlist Playground and it will create a playlist based on a prompt, as you’d expect. You can use moods, emotions, activities or anything else. There’s also an Ambient Music widget that lets you choose from Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing playlists curated by Apple.

There are also new emoji: trombone, treasure chest, distorted face, hairy creature, fight cloud, orca, landslide and ballet dancer. A new setting lets you dim the bright glare when tapping a button, and CarPlay gets support for third-party AI chatbots. Providers like OpenAI and Google will need to update their apps for this to work.

The Podcasts app has gained native video episode support with HLS streaming, the Sleep feature in the Health app now records average sleep time for the past two weeks, and Stolen Device Protection is now on by default, requiring biometric authentication to view passwords and turn off Lost Mode on iPhone.

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 feature offline song recognition in Control Center, nearby concert suggestions and full-page album artwork in Apple Music, Apple Creator Studio support for Freeform, and fixes for a keyboard bug that caused typos when typing rapidly.

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