Voice Memos, a popular app for musicians of all kinds, now gives iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max users the ability to add a vocal track over an existing instrumental recording — without the need for headphones. With iOS 18.2, users can play back their original instrumental ideas through their iPhone speaker while simultaneously recording vocals using the new studio-quality microphones on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

With the power of the A18 Pro processor and advanced processing and machine learning to isolate vocals, Voice Memos creates two separate tracks, allowing users to apply additional mixing and production in professional applications like Logic Pro. Plus, with Voice Memos for Mac, Layered Recordings sync across devices and are available on the Mac for easy transfer into a Logic session.

With Voice Memos, users can incorporate a variety of instrumental tracks — such as acoustic guitar or piano — as the first layer. In Logic Pro, artists and producers can also send a mixed music file as compressed audio directly into Voice Memos, making it easy to record vocals over top, wherever they are.