Apple Music

• Playlist Playground (beta) generates a playlist from your description, complete with a title, description, and tracklist

• Concerts helps you discover nearby shows from artists in your library and recommends new artists based on what you listen to

• Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you're back online

• Ambient Music widget for Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing brings curated playlists to the Home Screen

• Full screen backgrounds give album and playlist pages a more immersive look

Accessibility

• Reduce bright effects setting minimizes bright flashes when tapping on elements like buttons

• Subtitle and caption settings are available from the captions icon while viewing media, making them easier to find, customize, and preview

• Reduce Motion setting more reliably reduces the animations of Liquid Glass for users sensitive to on screen motion

This update also includes the following enhancements:

• Support for AirPods Max 2

• 8 new emoji including an orca, trombone, landslide, ballet dancer, and distorted face are available in the emoji keyboard

• Freeform gains advanced image creation and editing tools, and a premium content library, joining Apple Creator Studio

• Mark reminders as urgent from the Quick Toolbar or by touching and holding, and filter for urgent reminders in your Smart Lists

• Purchase Sharing lets adult members in Family Sharing groups use their own payment method when making purchases, without relying on the family organizer

• Improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly

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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/

Software updates, like this one, add new features and improvements that may affect performance and/or battery life. To learn more, please visit:

https://support.apple.com/125039