iOS and iPadOS 26.4 are right here, with a shocking variety of new options for a degree launch. Chief amongst them is a brand new AI playlist generator, just like one Spotify launched in 2024.

Playlist Playground is Apple’s branding for the music checklist generator. It really works as you’d anticipate: Kind a immediate, and it spits out tracks that match it. As MacRumors noted, your prompts can relate to temper, emotions, actions and extra.

Additionally new in iOS 26.4, an ambient music widget places background sounds on your own home display screen. Like the corresponding Control Center tool, it brings up (Apple-curated) sounds for sleep, chill, productiveness or well-being. One more music function is Bandsintown integration: upcoming live performance dates in your space will seem within the Apple Music app.

Unicode’s latest emoji characters arrive within the replace, too. This consists of “Furry Creature,” often known as Bigfoot. One other enjoyable one is struggle cloud. (Assume old-timey cartoons beating one another up inside a puff of vapor.) Additionally onboard are a trombone, a treasure chest, a distorted face, an apple core, an orca, ballet dancers and a landslide.

The replace additionally has fixes for a few of iOS 26’s nagging bugs. In Apple’s newest try to stem the tide of complaints about Liquid Glass, there is a new “Cut back Vivid Results” setting. There’s additionally a repair for a keyboard bug that induced errors when typing quickly.