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  "textContent": "Apple provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, which means we're going to see a public launch as soon as next week. The RC versions of the software include Apple's official release notes, giving us final details on what's included in the update.\n\n\n\n\n> **Apple Music**\n>  - Playlist Playground (beta) generates a playlist from your description, complete with a title, description, and tracklist\n>  - Concerts helps you discover nearby shows from artists in your library and recommends new artists based on what you listen to\n>  - Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you're back online\n>  - Ambient Music widget for Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing brings curated playlists to the Home Screen\n>  - Full screen backgrounds give album and playlist pages a more immersive look\n>\n>  **Accessibility**\n>  - Reduce bright effects setting minimizes bright flashes when tapping on elements like buttons\n>  - Subtitle and caption settings are available from the captions icon while viewing media, making them easier to find, customize, and preview\n>  - Reduce Motion setting more reliably reduces the animations of Liquid Glass for users sensitive to on screen motion\n>\n>  **This update also includes the following enhancements:**\n>  - 8 new emoji including an orca, trombone, landslide, ballet dancer, and distorted face are available in the emoji keyboard\n>  - Freeform gains advanced image creation and editing tools, and a premium content library, joining Apple Creator Studio\n>  - Mark reminders as urgent from the Quick Toolbar or by touching and holding, and filter for urgent reminders in your Smart Lists\n>  - Purchase Sharing lets adult members in Family Sharing groups use their own payment method when making purchases, without relying on the family organizer\n>  - Improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly\n>\n>  For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit:\n>  https://support.apple.com/100100\n>\n>  Some features may not be available in all regions or on all iPhone models. To learn more, please visit: https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/.\n>\n>  Software updates, like this one, add new features and improvements that may affect performance and/or battery life. To learn more, please visit:\n>  https://support.apple.com/125039\n\niOS 26.4 is likely to see a launch next Monday or Tuesday, ahead of when Apple begins accepting orders for the AirPods Max.\n\nRelated Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26\n\nRelated Forum: iOS 26\n\n\nThis article, \"Here Are Apple's Release Notes for iOS 26.4\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "Here Are Apple's Release Notes for iOS 26.4"
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