Spotify just dropped its version of Apple Music's AutoMix, and it's quite a big addition to the service. Here's how I got on with using it for the first time.

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.

There are two locations where you can see AutoMix on the Apple Music app for iPhone and iPad. The first location is on the Up Next queue page, where you'll find the AutoMix button, situated near the shuffle and repeat buttons. You can activate and deactivate this at any time by tapping on this button.