A new Apple Intelligence feature could be coming to iOS 26.4 called Playlist Playground, which will allow users to generate playlists using selected songs or text prompts.
Apple released the first beta for iOS 26.4 on Monday, but it didn’t include the rumored Apple Intelligence improvements. Instead, it seems to contain a range of user-facing features, including HLS video podcast support in Apple Podcasts and other updates.
Among the Apple Music updates was unused code discovered by Macworld, which highlights a potential incoming feature that could release along with iOS 26.4. It is for something called Playlist Playground, which could be tied to Apple’s new Apple Intelligence push.
There’s not much detail here other than it appears to be a tool users can access to generate playlists using simple commands and inputs. For example, a user could describe the playlist they want with text, or select a series of up to ten songs.
Since it borrows the Image Playground name, expect it to function similarly. Users could enter text, select from a list of moods, artists, and events, and use songs, albums, or other playlists to generate an output.
The rainbow-cloud interaction paradigm will likely make a return here.
Apple Music already contains human-curated, algorithmic, user-generated, and collaborative playlists. The AI-generated ones could allow for a new element of music discovery.
All told, the feature is likely similar to Beats Music’s “The Sentence.”
The iOS 26.4 beta has only just begun. Expect multiple betas before a public release sometime in March.