Apple's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists and early testing for encrypted RCS messaging.

Apple has seeded the third developer beta of iOS 26.4, improving system stability, fixing bugs and enhancing overall ...

Macworld On Monday, Apple released the first beta of iOS 26.4 for developers. Unfortunately, today’s beta still doesn’t include the long-awaited new Siri powered by Gemini, but it does come with ...

Apple has rolled out iOS 26.4 beta 2 for iPhone, continuing its testing cycle ahead of a broader public release. The latest ...

Apple rolls out iOS 26.4 developer beta 2 with expanded RCS encryption testing, new accessibility controls, UI tweaks to App Store and Games app and minor improvements ...

The feature, called Playlist Playground, appeared in the beta version of iOS 26.4 released to developers on Monday.

After a playlist is generated, users can continue to fine-tune it with follow-up prompts without starting over.

OS 26.4 enables Stolen Device Protection by default, adding biometric verification and security delays to critical iPhone settings, alongside encrypted RCS and Podcasts video support.

The new feature is called "Playlist Playground." ...

Macworld After Apple released iOS 26.3 last week, we were anticipating the first beta release of iOS 26.4 with bated breath.

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 Apple ...