Apple Adds Ambient Music Controls in iOS 18.4 Control Center

Apple has introduced four new Ambient Music controls in Control Center with the release of iOS 18.4 beta.

The controls are Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing. Each can be found in a new Control Center section titled Ambient Music.

Once a control has been added, you tap it to start and stop music playback. To change the playlist, press and hold to put Control Center into edit mode, then tap the control and select your preferred playlist. For now there's a limited number. For example, the Sleep control has four playlists: Mellow Piano, Lo-Fi Sleep, Lo-Fi Snooze, and Dream Journey.


Other new features in iOS 18.4 include a Vision Pro app, a Food section in News+, expanded Apple Intelligence availability, Priority Notifications, and more. The update is already available to developers and Apple has announced that it plans to release iOS 18.4 to all users in April.

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