iOS 26.4 brings mood-based music widgets to your iPhone’s home screen

Apple's iOS 26.4 adds Home Screen widgets that launch mood-based Ambient Music playlists with one tap — no app opening, no ...
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Apple will let third party music apps show animated artwork on the iPhone lock screen, not just Apple Music

One of the stylish visual changes to the iPhone on iOS 26 is a new layout for the lock screen when music is playing. Artwork can now be animated and shown full-screen on the iPhone display, with ...
Benzinga.com

Apple Opens iOS 26 Lock Screen Animation To Spotify And Other Third-Party Music Apps: Report

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly extending one of iOS 26's new features—animated album art on the lock screen—to third-party music and audio apps, breaking its exclusive tie to Apple Music. What ...
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YouTube Music for Android gets animated splash screen

Google apps started adding animated splash screens in 2021 with Android 12, and YouTube Music now finally has one. For a long time, YTM has used a static splash ...