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Prime Focus reloads advertising services
MUMBAI: Independent media services provider Prime Focus Limited has reloaded its advertising services offering in India with a series of hires across its creative team and a new offline editing facility. The newly revamped division offers advertising clients world-class post production technology and access to some of the nation’s leading creative talent.
Bhaarath Sundar has rejoined the Prime Focus advertising team as chief business development officer for Advertising & Animation after a period of two years as group CEO and managing partner of Teamwork Studios. Sundar is leading the reloaded advertising offering, which operates across three integrated sites in Khar, Mumbai, offering online editing and grading, a dedicated CG / VFX and animation team and a brand new dedicated offline editing studio.
Commenting on the re-launch, Sundar said, “Indian agencies and brands are producing truly world-class advertising, and we have reloaded thePrime Focus Advertising division to give our clients access to the best facilities and talent in India. Following our recent hires, we estimate we have almost 90 per cent of the high-end advertising services creative talent available in India, working under one banner and with all the latest technology at their finger-tips. The way ads are finished and delivered is constantly changing, and we’re here not only to help realize our clients’ ideas as beautifully as possible, but also to take away the headaches of the technical aspects of delivery.”
Joining Prime Focus co-founders and creative heads Huzefa Lokhandwala and Prakash Kurup on the creative team is an exciting list of some of the advertising services industry’s top talent in India.
“We have been a market-leader in the Advertising post production space for many years, but standing still is not in our DNA,” said Prime FocusLimited global CEO executive chairman founder and founder Namit Malhotra.
“This investment in talent and technology shows our commitment to the advertising community and the incredible work that they are producing. Our full-service post production offering, working alongside our Camera and Equipment Rental division, ensures that our advertising clients have access to the very latest kit and the best artistic talent from shoot all the way through post-production to multi-platform delivery.”
The Prime Focus Advertising team has recently delivered a number of high-profile commercials, including Advertising Age India’s ‘Top Ads of the Week’: IndiaMART ‘#IndiaKiKhoj’ (Show&Tell Productions / Bang In The Middle); Maggi ‘Hostel’ (Breathless Films / McCann Erickson); and Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk ‘Puppets’ (Breathless Films / Ogilvy & Mather).
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Apple rarely announces minor updates with much fanfare, and iOS 26.4 is no exception. No dramatic redesigns, no flashy keynote moments. What it delivers instead is a focused set of improvements that sharpen the experience you already have. If that sounds underwhelming, spend a week with it. You will change your mind.
Apple Music Learns to Listen Better
The biggest shift in this update lives inside Apple Music. Apple has brought AI-powered playlist generation to the app, and it works on mood rather than genre. Type something like “rainy evening at home” or “running late on a Monday,” and it builds a playlist that actually fits. This is not algorithmic guesswork dressed up in new clothing. It genuinely reads the intent behind vague descriptions and responds well.
Alongside this, a new concerts feature scans your listening history and surfaces live events happening near you. It is a smart bridge between your digital music habits and real-world experiences. Apple is quietly making the case that a music app should do more than just play songs.
Shazam also gets a meaningful upgrade. It can now identify songs without an internet connection. This might sound like a minor convenience, but anyone who has tried to Shazam something at a crowded venue with patchy signal will tell you it is anything but minor. The feature works locally on-device, which also means it is faster.
CarPlay Gets Smarter Controls
CarPlay has been updated with deeper integration for intelligent voice assistants. The goal is to reduce how often drivers need to look at a screen or tap anything at all. You speak, things happen. It is a clear step toward making the driving experience safer without stripping away functionality. The integration feels natural rather than bolted on, which is a harder thing to achieve than it sounds.
The Fixes You Feel Every Day
This is where iOS 26.4 earns its keep. Keyboard responsiveness has been improved, and the difference is noticeable immediately. Typing feels more accurate and less combative. Accessibility features have been refined across the board, with better contrast options and adjusted spacing that makes the interface easier to read without forcing you into larger text sizes.
The Health app has also been updated. It now surfaces more actionable insights from your daily data rather than just displaying numbers. If your sleep patterns have shifted or your activity levels have changed, the app now contextualises that clearly instead of leaving you to interpret raw figures on your own.
These are the kinds of changes that do not photograph well for a press release. They also happen to be the ones that make your phone feel genuinely better to use.
A Few Other Additions
New emojis have been added in this update. They will find their way into your conversations faster than you expect. Family Sharing has also been updated, with more granular control over shared payments and subscriptions. If you share an Apple account with family members, this puts clearer limits on who can spend what, which has been a long-requested fix.
What This Update Actually Represents
iOS 26.4 is Apple doing what it does best when it is not trying to make headlines. Every addition here serves a clear purpose. The AI music features are genuinely useful. The CarPlay improvements address a real safety concern. The small UI fixes accumulate into a noticeably smoother daily experience.
There is no bloat. Nothing feels experimental or half-finished. That discipline is harder to maintain than it looks, especially as operating systems grow more complex with each passing year.
If you have been holding off on updating, this is the one worth installing.
