Apple Music is getting a new Automix feature when iOS 26 is released next month, and in a strategic counter-punch, Spotify has now launched its

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And for Apple fans, AutoMix arriving with iOS 26 means the days of clunky gaps or basic crossfades are gone. Even if Spotify took the lead in rollout, Apple’s solution will be sitting inside the default Music app on hundreds of millions of devices overnight.