Specifically, iOS 18.4 introduces an ambient music feature to the Control Center that lets you play tunes in the background.

Ambient music has been on the rise in the streaming era. But with royalty reform and the threat of AI-generated sounds, its ...

Apple seems to have clued into all this to a degree, given an Ambient Music feature it's introducing with iOS 18.4, currently ...

You can give it a try for yourself by going to Settings / General / Software Update on your iOS device. Then go to Beta ...

Each ambient music style corresponds to a specific playlist that adheres to that style. For example, the Chill style features playlist options that include Piano Chill, Ambient Chill, Lo-Fi Jazz ...

And for me personally, I expect to use them a lot in the future. Are you interested in the new iOS 18.4 Ambient Music feature? Let us know in the comments.

In iOS 18.4, simply tap and hold a blank space in the Control Center, then type Ambient Music into the search box. You’ll see four available options: Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing.

In iOS 18.4, there's a new Ambient Music option that can be added to Control Center. There are four different sound categories, including Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing. Each category ...

The four new buttons appear in a new Ambient Music section ... subject’ delivering either Sleep, Chill, Productivity or Wellbeing-focused Apple-curated music and ambiences at the touch of ...