iOS 26.4 brings a lot of changes to your iPhone, bringing new features to six popular Apple apps. This is them!
iOS 26.4
Apple has released another new test version of iOS 26.4! In iOS 26.4 beta 3, Apple has implemented few major innovations. Instead, Apple is focusing on improving all the new features that came to the iPhone with the first test versions of iOS 26.4. That is necessary, because iOS 26.4 brings many changes to a number of popular Apple apps. We put them together for you.
1. Apple Music
Apple Music will soon have many more features. With iOS 26.4, Playlist Playground comes to the app, with which Apple Intelligence puts together complete playlists for you. Albums and playlists also get a new design, you can see more information about local concerts of your favorite artists and you can add multiple songs to a playlist at once. Read more about Apple Music in iOS 26.4 here:
2. Memories
Apple’s Reminders app gets a bit better in iOS 26.4. An important new function of the application is the setting of urgent reminders. You will receive a notification with these reminders, which works the same as the alarm clock on your iPhone. You must swipe away these notifications or a sound will continue to play on your phone. This way you prevent yourself from forgetting the memory. From iOS 26.4 you can see all urgent reminders under one list in the Reminders app.
3. Podcasts
Do you regularly listen to podcasts via Apple Podcasts? In that case, the episodes will become more extensive from iOS 26.4, because Apple improves the video function in the app. It is already possible to watch videos in the Podcasts app, but the number of episodes with footage is still limited. In iOS 26.4 it will be possible to download episodes with videos and watch these videos in landscape mode. This makes it more attractive for creators to add videos to the Podcasts app.
4. Apple TV
In addition to Apple Music, iOS 26.4 also brings an important improvement to Apple TV. In iOS 26.4 you can change the subtitle style in the app. It is already possible to change subtitles via the Accessibility settings, but this will soon no longer be necessary. With iOS 26.4 you can adjust the subtitles for every episode and movie in Apple TV, so that they remain easy to read for everyone.
5. Health
In the Health app you can see the most important health data from your iPhone and Apple Watch. You can see how many steps you have taken, how many calories you have burned and how well you have slept recently. The latter will get a new feature in iOS 26.4, because you will soon see your average bedtime in the Health app. From iOS 26.4 onwards, the application will display an overview of your average bedtime for the past two weeks, provided you keep track of sleep data in the Health app.
6. Freeform
Freeform is an application that has been standard on your iPhone since iOS 16. You can easily take notes with the application, but iOS 26.4 gives you many more options. The app will be expanded in iOS 26.4 with more photos, backgrounds and graphs designed by Apple. Unfortunately, not all users can get started with these options, because they are part of the paid Apple Creator Studio.
Release of iOS 26.4
Many Apple apps will therefore receive useful functions in iOS 26.4. We don’t have to wait long for the new software version, because Apple will probably release the update in the second half of March. Don’t want to miss any of Apple’s updates? And do you want to know when exactly all the new features will come to your iPhone? Then sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter so you always stay informed!
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