Apple Music adds lyrics translation and pronunciation features in iOS 26
This might reduce your visits to Genius.com or such alternative sites.
The company is also adding a pronunciation feature so you can sing a song without uttering gibberish or getting a word or a phrase wrong.
Plus, Apple said it's adding auto-mix to build an endless mix of one song after another based on the previous song. This is possibly a competitor to Spotify's AI DJ feature.
What's more, the company will allow you to pin your favorite artists, albums, or playlists to the top of the library to easily access them.
Users can also use their iPhones as mics for karaoke on tvOS and can control features like song vocals and reverb.
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