The public beta of iOS 26 brings some new features to Apple Music ( $11 a month ) like a new crossfading feature called AutoMix and a karaoke mode. The sixth public beta also brought a handful of new features, like the ability to screen incoming calls and new ringtones , to the iPhones of developers and beta testers.

Apple Music has grown to be one of the largest music streaming platforms since it was released a decade ago. According to Statista , Apple Music had about 94 million paid subscribers as of June 2024. However, Spotify ( $12 a month ) remains firmly ahead of Apple Music in terms of number of paid subscribers with 276 million , so Apple still has some catching up to do in the music streaming space.

I spent some time testing the new features in Apple Music in the

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