The five San Diego concerts that should top your list this week

Songwriters Showcase with Jeff Berkley: Java Joe’s One Shot! Three-dozen singer-songwriters walk into a nightclub … That may sound like the set-up for a music-oriented joke about missing guitar picks ...
The Verge

Apple launches iOS 26.4 with AI playlists, purchase sharing, and more

You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description. You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, ...
What Hi-Fi?

"I trust my own tastes more than AI" – Spotify's new playlist creation tool is fun, but it can't quite beat the human connection

About a year ago, Spotify introduced AI Playlist curation to its Premium subscribers, harnessing the tech to create any kind of playlist to suit your mood, the weather, any activity, your existential ...
TechCrunch

Spotify rolls out AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the UK and other markets

After initially testing its AI-powered “Prompted Playlist” feature in New Zealand and recently launching in the U.S. and Canada, Spotify announced on Monday that it’s rolling out the tool to Premium ...
MacRumors

Apple Music 'Playlist Playground' in iOS 26.4 Creates Playlists From Text Prompts

The iOS 26.4 update that Apple is beta testing includes a new "Playlist Playground" feature in the Apple Music app that's designed to let users create a playlist with a text-based prompt. In the ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.4 beta adds new ‘Playlist Playground’ AI feature for Apple Music

Apple released the first beta of iOS 26.4 for developers today, and it includes a new Apple Intelligence feature for Apple Music. Dubbed “Playlist Playground,” this feature lets you create playlists ...
Android Police

I tested YouTube Music's AI Playlists to see if it's time to switch to Spotify or not

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...
CNET

YouTube Music Adds AI-Generated Playlists

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
TechCrunch

YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users

YouTube is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists. Users can go to the Library tab, tap the “New” ...
CNBC

Spotify's new playlist generator lets you add your vibes, feelings or memories

Spotify is rolling out 'prompted playlist' for premium users in the U.S. and Canada. The feature uses AI to create playlists from user prompts that can reflect vibes, feelings or memories. Spotify ...
ZDNet

Spotify's Prompted Playlists feel like a smarter way to discover music - how it works

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