Apple launches iOS 26.4 with AI playlists, purchase sharing, and more

The Verge / 3/25/2026

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Key Points

  • Apple has released iOS 26.4, introducing several incremental updates across Apple Music and the iOS media experience.
  • A new beta feature called “Playlist Playground” in Apple Music lets users generate AI-created playlists (title, description, and tracklist) from a text prompt.
  • Apple Music adds a concert discovery capability that surfaces nearby shows based on artists in a user’s library and additional recommendations.
  • The update includes full-screen backgrounds for album and playlist pages and a new Offline Music Recognition feature that can identify songs without an internet connection.
  • Additional iOS 26.4 changes also include purchase sharing enhancements, broadening how Apple Music content can be obtained within shared contexts.
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iOS 26.4 is here, and it comes with a bunch of small but notable updates. That includes a new Playlist Playground launching in beta in Apple Music, which uses AI to generate a song playlist - complete with a title, description, and tracklist - based on a text prompt.

Apple Music is also adding a new concert discovery feature, allowing you to find nearby shows featuring artists from your library, as well as new ones recommended by the app. Other updates include full-screen backgrounds for album and playlist pages, along with a new Offline Music Recognition tool that "identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automa …

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