With the launch of iOS 26 and HomePod Software 26, Apple adds crossfades management, Apple Music feature that improves transitions between songs.
Beta testers who have the second software homepod 26 and ios 26 Betas now have an option to activate Crossfade. The rocking is a little hidden, but it can be found by opening the domestic application, going in the parameters, pressing the name of a person and choosing the music of Paple.
The synchronization of collapse can be adjusted from a second to 12 seconds, so that users can adjust the fade period and fade for song transitions. When Crossfade is tilted, the volume of the song that ends will gradually reduce, while the volume of the song that arrives will increase. It is designed to prevent the shortcomings of silence between the songs.
Crossfade is a music function apple, so a apple music subscription is necessary to use it. This has been an option on the iPhone, iPad and Mac for some time now, but Apple has not brought it to HomePod so far.
Apple music in ios 26 and iPados 26 has a new automatic feature that replaces crossfade. Automix goes beyond the simple cross, and he uses stretching time and correspondence for a transition of transition of DJ type song.
The HomePod 26 software also includes a new feature that allows you to Select a Wi-Fi network To connect, something that was not an option before.
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