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Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone<\/a> or iPad<\/a> by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.<\/p>\n
iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new features to the \u200ciPhone\u200c and the \u200ciPad\u200c. A Playlist Playground feature in Apple Music<\/a> lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. There’s also a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows, and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork.<\/p>\n Apple Podcasts<\/a> is getting native video podcasting capabilities that will make it easier to create, distribute, and monetize video podcast content through the Podcasts app. Video episodes will integrate with existing Apple podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions.<\/p>\n Apple is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS<\/a>, which will eventually bring full encryption to text conversations between Android and \u200ciPhone\u200c users. Apple is testing \u200cRCS\u200c with iPhone-to-iPhone conversations and iPhone-to-Android conversations.<\/p>\n Stolen Device Protection is enabled by default, there’s a new ambient music widget, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app, and plenty more. All of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our iOS 26.4 beta features guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Popular Stories<\/p>\n First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In: Here’s How It Compares to the M1 MacBook Air<\/a><\/p>\n Benchmarks for the new MacBook Neo surfaced today, and unsurprisingly, CPU performance is almost identical to the iPhone 16 Pro. The MacBook Neo uses the same 6-core A18 Pro chip that was first introduced in the iPhone 16 Pro, but it has one fewer GPU core.
The MacBook Neo earned a single-core score of 3461 and a multi-core score of 8668, along with a Metal score of 31286.
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