I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Apple has pushed out the latest software update for iPhones, iOS 26.4. No, that doesn’t sound like an inspiring first sentence for a big music story, but the update is accompanied by some significant ...

iOS and iPadOS 26.4 are here, with a surprising number of new features for a point release. Chief among them is a new AI playlist generator, similar to one Spotify launched in 2024. Playlist ...

The iOS 26.4 update has finally made its way to the general public, with videos now in the Podcasts app, AI-curated playlists in Apple Music, and more. Here's what's new. Core system applications, ...

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I have a complicated relationship with music streaming algorithms. On one hand, the convenience of having the world’s music catalog in my pocket is undeniable. It is the dream we were sold in the ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple Music is testing a new AI playlist ...

The iOS 26.4 update that Apple is beta testing includes a new "Playlist Playground" feature in the Apple Music app that's designed to let users create a playlist with a text-based prompt. In the ...

Macworld reports that iOS 26.4 beta introduces “Playlist Playground,” an AI-powered feature allowing Apple Music subscribers to create custom playlists using text prompts or song selections. The ...

It has become fairly standard practice for major streaming services to offer some kind of AI playlist generator, through which users can request prompt-relevant songs. YouTube Music was testing a ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

I love quickly generating AI playlists on Spotify to match a mood or event. Then, I discovered Spotify’s Prompted playlists and it’s everything AI playlists should’ve been to start with. Back in ...