Apple Intelligence to Generate Playlist Artwork in iOS 18

[MacRumors]

iOS 18 will feature the ability to create playlist artwork in Apple Music using generative AI, beta code suggests.

Apple is seemingly preparing to introduce a new feature in iOS 18 that allows users to create customized playlist artwork in Apple Music using Apple Intelligence. The feature, uncovered in the iOS 18 beta 4 code by 9to5Mac, will enable users to generate unique images tailored to their playlists using Image Playground.

At the core of this new functionality is a new "Create Image" button, which users will see while editing their playlists. Once tapped, this button will invoke Image Playground, a tool showcased at WWDC earlier this year. Image Playground enables users to generate new images by inputting written commands. These AI-generated images can vary in appearance, offering animation, illustration, and sketch styles, though it does not support the creation of photorealistic images. Users can specify their preferences for the artwork, and Apple Music will produce several options that match the playlist's theme or content.

Like other Apple Intelligence features, it is currently unavailable in the beta versions of iOS 18. Some Apple Intelligence features have been expected to be included in the summer beta releases, although these references were subsequently removed from Apple's website. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, some of these AI features might not launch until 2025. Given that Apple Intelligence has not appeared as of the fourth developer beta, it is unclear how many of its features will make it into the iOS 18.0 release. iOS 18 is slated for release in the fall, with a beta preview already accessible to developers and public beta users.

Article Link: Apple Intelligence to Generate Playlist Artwork in iOS 18

 

[turbineseaplane]

Who actually wants this?

I can’t believe development time is being wasted on baubles of this sort

 

[EllZ89]

is there anything wrong with thumbnails of tracks making the artwork like how it currently is?

 

[Bigkool2inSC]

iOS 18 seems to be full of things to come but not available till 2025..

 

[turbineseaplane]

iOS 18 seems to be full of things to come but not available till 2025..

Yeah iOS releases don’t seem to offer anything other than talk about what’s coming right before the next iOS version is announced

 

[Etc_]

Apple is going to release all this AI stuff long after the bubble has burst. A lot of this stuff is just as hyped as crypto, NFTs, ...

 

[Godspeed8230]

What I would really want is a good playlist generator. I name a few artists and songs and albums I like as well the mood or activity and the length of the playlist/number of songs and voilà, I have a new playlist, both with songs I know and like and new songs that are for me to discover.

iTunes used to have a Genius playlist feature. Man, I really miss the old iTunes. They have all the computational ability and all we get is a custom memoji or in this case a playlist artwork maker.

 

[jz0309]

Seems like a waste of compute resources, and before that, developer time … just another useless “genAI” “feature”

 

[antiprotest]

Nice! My future great great grand kids might enjoy this when it is released.

 

[turbineseaplane]

What I would really want is a good playlist generator. I name a few artists and songs and albums I like as well the mood or activity and the length of the playlist/number of songs and voilà, I have a new playlist, both with songs I know and like and new songs that are for me to discover.

iTunes used to have a Genius playlist feature. Man, I really miss the old iTunes. They have all the computational ability and all we get is a custom memoji or in this case a playlist artwork maker.

A return of Genius would indeed be awesome

Sometimes I forget all that we've lost along the way here

 

[havaloc]

They should use some of that AI to make better smart playlists, there's a reason that Spotify had a record quarter.

 

[Harry Haller]

Looking forward to a genmogi of iOS jumping the AI shark.

 

[Etc_]

... They have all the computational ability and all we get is a custom memoji or in this case a playlist artwork maker.

Dont forget her!

 

[arkitect]

What a time to be alive…

/s

Talk about low hanging AI fruit.

Who actually wants this?

I can’t believe development time is being wasted on baubles of this sort

Agree.

 

[turbineseaplane]

What a time to be alive…

/s

Seriously -- with ALL of the things they could be working on (I'm sure we could run a thread for DAYS listing out things...)

"AI generated playlist art"
😵‍💫

It makes it hard for me to personally be bullish for the future of the company when one sees what they have been prioritizing (and what products they've been totally ignoring)

 

[IceCool]

Originally, some Apple Intelligence features were expected to be included in the summer beta releases. However, these references were subsequently removed from Apple's website.

This actually isn’t true. Apple’s public facing consumer landing pages never suggested Apple Intelligence would be available this summer, instead it was - and still is - stated on Apple’s developer website found here. So, we could (and should) expect to see this at some point before the public release of iOS 18. This has been the case since WWDC24 on June 10.

 

[spazzcat]

Seriously -- with ALL of the things they could be working on (I'm sure we could run a thread for DAYS listing out things...)

"AI generated playlist art"
😵‍💫

It makes it hard for me to personally be bullish for the future of the company when one sees what they have been prioritizing (and what products they've been totally ignoring)

I'm sure their entire development department including every team stopped working and did nothing but this is most likely with either a summer intern project or somebody's 10%.

 

[SmugMaverick]

Can't innovate anymore, my ass....





Give me strength, Apple is utterly lost right now in hardware and software.

 

[PsykX]

Who actually wants this?

I can’t believe development time is being wasted on baubles of this sort

I think it's great! I wanted similar functionality in one of my apps.

I don't think they wasted that many dev resources on this. When you have your AI model, it's not long to do this. Maybe 2-3 days for one person, from 0 to finished.

And it's also something they may reuse this in the future in various other apps (calendar, reminders lists, notes, etc.)

 

[turbineseaplane]

Can't innovate anymore, my ass....





Give me strength, Apple is utterly lost right now in hardware and software.

Sure seems that way
This AI stuff they are working on isn't even "on time"

It feels like they had no actual plan here and got caught off guard by what other companies started focusing on.

I find myself thinking... so what was the software and iOS feature plan right now if not all of this way late catch up on AI stuff?

 

[dustin_]

thank you wall street! 😍

 

[PsykX]

What I would really want is a good playlist generator. I name a few artists and songs and albums I like as well the mood or activity and the length of the playlist/number of songs and voilà, I have a new playlist, both with songs I know and like and new songs that are for me to discover.

This is actually very easy to do for Apple. Their Apple Music database contains everything needed.

 

[turbineseaplane]

This is actually very easy to do for Apple. Their Apple Music database contains everything needed.

So what's the hold up?

Apple Music isn't new and the Genius feature was decades ago now (literally)

 

[Dorv]

Who actually wants this?

I can’t believe development time is being wasted on baubles of this sort

Me. I want this. This is the kind of "above and beyond" **** that Apple does well.

 

[giebe]

not in EU though. iOS18 feels like nothing new in EU