Apple Wallet IDs, Rivian and CarPlay
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Spotify releases four music-focused features, including background downloads on iOS
- Apple Wallet digital ID support expands to new state
- Rivian says AI makes debate over CarPlay ‘completely obsolete’
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Friday, May 29th, 2026. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.4 | We are sponsored this week by Card Pointers. |
| 0:13.3 | Leading off today, Spotify is rolling out four new features to its core music experience. |
| 0:19.1 | First, the company is bringing playlist folders to the iPhone and Android apps for the first |
| 0:24.2 | time. |
| 0:25.4 | This popular feature for keeping your playlist organized was previously only available on Spotify's |
| 0:30.7 | desktop app. |
| 0:32.6 | Next, Spotify is giving users more control over playlist and the queue. |
| 0:38.9 | The company says, quote, |
| 0:45.1 | For those with carefully curated playlists, you can now use in-playlist bulk actions to edit and reorganize multiple tracks, books, or podcast episodes at the same time. Spotify premium |
| 0:51.5 | subscribers will also be able to select and manage multiple songs in their play queue at once. |
| 0:57.7 | This is a feature that was previously offered, but removed at some point, which led to a lot of criticism from Spotify users. |
| 1:06.1 | Spotify is also improving offline music listening with background download support on iOS for the first time. |
| 1:13.4 | This means your music will keep downloading even when the Spotify app isn't open, and you'll see |
| 1:18.4 | notifications showing download progress. Finally, premium subscribers on mobile are gaining a reshuffle |
| 1:25.8 | button that can re-s resort playlist with one tap. |
| 1:29.0 | This lets you mix up the order of your shuffle at any time. So if the lineup of songs |
| 1:34.4 | isn't quite fitting the vibe, just tap reshuffle for a new sequence. Next up today, Apple Wallet |
| 1:40.6 | driver's license support is expanding to Arkansas. |
| 1:49.2 | Apple previously touted Arkansas as one of the states planning to support the Apple Wallet feature. |
| 1:56.8 | The state launched Google Wallet and Samsung support last year, and now it's making good on its Apple Wallet promise as well. |
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