According to Macrumors, Apple revises some details of its audio ecosystem with the upcoming updates to iOS 26 and the HomePod software 26. The focus is on the transitions between music titles at Apple Music and a long overdue network function for the HomePod.
Anyone who has a HomePod (or other, similar devices) knows the short, quiet breaks between two songs. While Apple Music users have long been able to close these gaps on Mac or iPhone with the crossfade function (overlart), HomePod owners have so far had to do without this. With the software version 26, the feature is now integrated directly on the smart loudspeaker. The function can be activated in the Home app and ensures that the leaking song takes a gently into the background, while the new track is already gaining volume. You can adjust the duration of this overlay of up to twelve seconds. A subscription from Apple Music is necessary for this.
Apple goes even further on iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 and introduces the so -called “Automix”. This function replaces the previous crossfading and is intended to provide transitions through technologies such as time-stretching and beat matching that are reminiscent of the work of a DJs instead of simply overshow songs.
For the first time, it will be possible to manually select a WLAN network for the HomePod after the update. So far, the loudspeaker was linked to the WLAN of the iPhone, which was used for the initial facility.
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