Tag: audio streaming
YouTube Music’s AI radio officially gets a name: here’s what you can “Ask Music” to do
Would you like to turn any musical idea into a custom YouTube Music station? All you need to do is Ask Music. That’s the new name for the AI-powered radio station creator, which was piloted in July by YouTube and is now rolling out to some English-language users on Android. …
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Spotify Connect is no longer controllable with iPhone’s volume buttons, but there’s a workaround
If you were hoping for more collaboration between music streaming rivals now that Apple Music playlists can transfer over to YouTube Music, you might have to keep waiting. Apple has recently discontinued the technology that allowed iPhone users to control the volume of devices playing music through Spotify Connect using…
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You can now move your Apple Music playlists to YouTube Music with just a few taps
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber but have been eyeing up switching to YouTube Music, Apple has some good news: you can now transfer your playlists to YouTube’s music service with just a few taps. According to a new support document on Apple’s website, you’re now able to copy your…
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Spotify is adding another 1,000 audiobooks for Premium subscribers
Spotify‘s catalog of audiobooks just got a whole lot bigger. The streamer has signed a new deal with Ingram Content Group (ICG), who have the distribution rights for a lot of smaller publishers and independent publishers; according to the firm, “if you’re reading a book, Ingram Content Group is probably…
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Apple Music looks set to get generative AI art in iOS 18, and I’m going to abuse it so beautifully
Newly discovered code has revealed the existence of an interesting Apple Intelligence feature that looks set to come to the Apple Music app in iOS 18: AI-generated playlist artwork. The code was noted by 9to5Mac, and indicates that when you’re creating or editing a playlist there will be a new…
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I don’t want to read people’s comments on Spotify, but it’s adding them to podcasts anyway
First it was TikTok, now YouTube has become victim to Spotify’s eagle eyes as the music streaming service introduces a new comments section for podcasts. It marks a further step into social media territory for Spotify, following the platform’s introduction of a vertical video feed last year – reminiscent of…
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