iOS Update Green Light program: iOS and iPadOS 26.4
Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 for iPhone and iPad, adding a variety of new features for Apple Music, Podcasts, and CarPlay (see the full list below). As with any software update, we recommend waiting until your app or accessory developer has time to test it and verify there are no compatibility issues.
What’s new in iOS 26.4
Apple Music
– Playlist Playground (beta) generates a playlist from your description, complete with a title, description, and tracklist
– Concerts helps you discover nearby shows from artists in your library and recommends new artists based on what you listen to
– Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you’re back online
– Ambient Music widget for Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing brings curated playlists to the Home Screen
– Full-screen backgrounds give album and playlist pages a more immersive look
Accessibility
– Reduce bright effects setting minimizes bright flashes when tapping on elements like buttons
– Subtitle and caption settings are available from the captions icon while viewing media, making them easier to find, customize, and preview
– Reduce Motion setting more reliably reduces the animations of Liquid Glass for users sensitive to on-screen motion
This update also includes the following enhancements:
– 8 new emoji including an orca, trombone, landslide, ballet dancer, and distorted face are available in the emoji keyboard
– Freeform gains advanced image creation and editing tools, and a premium content library, joining Apple Creator Studio
– Mark reminders as urgent from the Quick Toolbar or by touching and holding, and filter for urgent reminders in your Smart Lists
– Purchase Sharing lets adult members in Family Sharing groups use their own payment method when making purchases, without relying on the family organizer
– Improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly
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Hi Bret! The Green-light testing program appears to be only up to iOS 18.6. My iPad and iPhone are requesting 18.6.2. Why are we behind 2 updates?
Thanks!
Hi Wes, iOS 18.6.2 was released this afternoon. The latest guidance has been updated here.
Looks like ForeFlight detected an issue with overheating when using V26 OSe. Anybody with more insight?
Just received the all clear for Garmin Pilot, via the EFB, for iPadOS 26.
I sure wish you would include IFLY GPS on your app list … for VFR flying it blows away every other app on the list. Can’t say for sure about IFR but my impression is that there are more sophisticated apps such as Fore Flight that are more suitable for IFR. But if anyone reading this flies VFR pretty much all the time, IFLY GPS is the most intuitive, easy to use, and informative app there is … and I’ve tried almost all of them.
could you add Mach7 ? really good for drones and VFR
Hi Brett and thanks for all you do with regard to these versions. I just got a notice that 26.3.1 (a) is ready to upgrade. Will you guys be testing it soon?
OK, never mind about 26.3.1 (a), they just notified me about 26.4.