iOS 26.4 is now available for everyone. The update adds a range of new features to iPhone, including upgrades to Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Messages, and more.
Here are all of the new iPhone features in iOS 26.4, plus everything else you need to know.
iOS 26.4 details
iOS 26.4 is available to everyone right now. You can head to the Settings app on your iPhone, choose General, then choose Software Update to install the update. You can choose to install the update right away, or have it installed automatically overnight.
iOS 26.4: New features
Apple Music
Apple Music is a big focus of iOS 26.4, adding multiple new features and design changes:
- Concerts: The ability to find concerts near you and tour dates for artists in your Apple Music Library.
- New full-screen artwork that “brings your music to life” for albums and playlists.
- A redesigned “Profile” section with easier access to managing your account, subscriptions, and more.
- Support for adding a song to more than one playlist at a time.
Offline Music Recognition
In Control Center, the Shazam widget now works when your iPhone is offline. Apple says:
Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you’re back online.
Playlist Playground
Also in Apple Music, iOS 26.4 adds a new Playlist Playground feature. This lets you create playlists using Apple Intelligence by simply providing text descriptions. For instance, you can type something like “sad songs from the 1990s for a rainy day” and Apple Music will automatically create a playlist based on that prompt.
Once Playlist Playground generates a playlist, you can then iterate on it with further prompts without starting the process over.
Even though it’s included in the stable iOS 26.4 release, this feature itself is still in beta, so it’s not perfect. Still, it’s an example of how Apple is integrating Apple Intelligence throughout the iPhone experience.
Read more: iOS 26.4 beta adds new ‘Playlist Playground’ AI feature for Apple Music
New emoji
iOS 26.4 adds eight new emoji to your iPhone:
- Ballet Dancer
- Distorted Face
- Fight Cloud
- Hairy Creature
- Landslide
- Orca
- Trombone
- Treasure Chest
These emoji are part of the set approved by the Unicode Consortium last summer.
