Tag: Spotify

Spotify, I owe you an apology — my smart TV finally got Spotify after years of waiting, and now I love its roster of music videos

Spotify, I’m I owe you a huge apology. For the past decade you’ve been my loyal music companion, but despite my tumultuous relationships with some of your features, your unmatched ubiquity means I can freely use you across my devices — with the exception, until recently, of my TV. My…

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‘Fitness is a natural extension of how people already use Spotify today’: That’s what the platform’s Senior Director of Product, Austin Lamon, believes — and he’s not done investing in the fitness hub’s development just yet

Spotify has always found ways to branch out beyond music, now the platform is a hub for all-things audiobooks and podcasts. So what do you do when you’ve got every audio format under your belt? You venture into fitness, of course. The best music streaming service kick-started its new Fitness…

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Spotify helps me keep track of my favorite songs from each year — but this one upgrade would make it so much easier for grouping my favorite albums

The 2020s has seen a huge shift in music, and the thirst for new releases has never been this parched — we have the pandemic to blame for that. Now, artists are pumping out albums like never before, and it’s become quite the challenge to keep up with this sonic…

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‘Playing around with your favourite artist’s song is an ultimate expression of fandom’: Spotify is taking another step into participatory music tools with its upcoming AI remix feature — but it signals red flags for industry professionals

Spotify wants to introduce new ways for listeners to engage with the artists they love the most, all while expressing their own creativity. The streamer’s audio mixing feature for playlists has sky-rocketed in popularity, introducing a new way for listeners to modify their playlists. Now Spotify is working on a…

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Spotify wants to ‘help keep listening smooth’ with new playback and queuing tools — and it’s also dropped an overdue upgrade for offline listening

Spotify has rolled out new playlist tools, including bulk editing functions for queues Background downloading is rolling out for iOS users after being limited to Android devices Playlist folders are also being rolled out globally I love making new playlists in Spotify, but sometimes its limited editing and queuing tools…

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Spotify’s Listening Stats just had an overdue glow-up, and it’s added more value to one of the platform’s most underrated tools — here’s what’s new, including a social feature that lets you spy on your friends’ streaming habits

Spotify has quietly updated its Listening Stats page You can now view the total number of artists and songs you’ve listened to each week There’s also a new social feature that lets you compare your stats to your friends Spotify is packed with all the features you can imagine, but…

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