"If you are a music enjoyer who, like me, puts an incredible amount of thought into every playlist you curate (an art), you know there is nothing more frustrating than when two songs on the playlist that shouldn't have played after each other do. But also, if you are listening to music while working, you don't have the bandwidth to place songs next to each other."
"At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, the company unveiled a new AutoMix feature. This feature is meant to offer seamless transitions between songs using AI to match the tempo and beat of the upcoming track, which is automatically selected using Autoplay. This is not to be confused with the Crossfade feature, as all that does is play two tracks so that they transition into each other, but it doesn't account for the actual songs' tempo and beat matching each other."
"Beta users immediately took to social media to post results, and the impressive transitions earned the feature overnight internet virality. However, the feature is only available in iOS 26, which is slated to be released with the iPhone 17 launch event. So, for now, users can only access it in beta, understanding that it's not a fully developed version of the feature and could have some bugs."
Spotify launched Spotify Mix and Apple plans to release AutoMix with iOS 26 alongside the iPhone 17 launch. AutoMix uses AI to match tempo and beat between consecutive tracks and selects upcoming tracks via Autoplay to create seamless, DJ-style transitions. The feature differs from Crossfade by actively matching songs' tempo and beat rather than simply overlapping tracks. iOS 26 beta users posted impressive results online, but AutoMix currently remains in beta and may contain bugs. AI-driven on-demand DJ features address frustrating playlist song pairings and reduce the need for meticulous manual curation.
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