For the past few years, Spotify has been doing its best to make it easier and safer for you to control your music while driving. You can use Android Auto (in the car, or standalone on your phone) to manage Spotify in a driving-friendly way, as well as the simpler controls integrated with Waze and […]
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Spotify Inks Global Content Deal With T-Series For Over 160,000 Songs
Spotify, the most widely used music streaming service in the world, today announced that it has inked a global content deal with Indian music company T-Series. The deal comes ahead of Spotify’s launch in the Indian market. It brings more than 160,000 songs present in T-Series’ catalog to Spotify for […]
Read MoreSpotify is turning its Discover Weekly playlist into a brand-sponsored moneymaker
Spotify is embarking on a new way to make money from its product in addition to established revenue generators, like converting as many of its tens of millions of active users as possible into paid subscribers to its premium tier. The company announced one such new moneymaker today. Spotify is now going to start letting […]
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How to Generate Apple Music Year in Review
While Spotify has Wrapped 2018 to let listeners do a year in review and look back at their favorite songs, albums, and artists of the year. Apple sadly does not offer any such feature for Apple Music, though developers have managed to create their own year in review tool for […]
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One Sweet Day: Mariah Carey Broke a Global Spotify Record For Christmas
Mariah Carey visits Music Choice on November 16, 2018 in New York City. Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) Mariah Carey is getting more for Christmas than “you” — she broke a whole global record on Spotify. The annually-regurgitated Christmas hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” has broken the […]
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Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Broke XXXTentacion’s Spotify Streaming Record
[embedded content] Share This Video Mariah Carey had a pretty incredible Christmas, and so did Spotify. The streaming music giant was a mainstay in homes around the world at Christmas parties, and on Christmas Eve a decades-old song made streaming history in a big way. According to Spotify’s streaming data, […]
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Facebook Rebuked for Failing to Disclose Data-Sharing Deals
Facebook and some of the other largest technology firms in the world faced sharp criticism on Wednesday for failing to disclose the extent of its data-sharing deals, many of which went back to the social network’s early years. Details of the deals, revealed in a New York Times report on […]
Read MoreReport: Facebook Let Netflix and Spotify Read Users’ Private Messages
Embattled social giant Facebook granted its business partners Spotify and Netflix the ability to read users’ private messages, according to information obtained by the New York Times. Facebook also reportedly also gave a cabal of Silicon Valley tech giants access to detailed personal information about its users without their consent. The companies include Microsoft, Amazon and […]
Read MoreCheck out your year in music over at Spotify Wrapped 2018
It’s that time of the year again. What? No, not Christmas, that’s still a ways off. It’s Spotify Wrapped season. After all, the best thing about Spotify is discovering new music, and now you can take a tour you musical tastes from the last year by numbers. And not only do you get some fun […]
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Spotify released 2018’s most-streamed artists, and the results are depressing for one very specific reason
Spotify’s 2018 Most-Streamed Artists List Has No Women – HelloGiggles Spotify released 2018’s most-streamed artists, and the results are depressing for one very specific reason
Read MoreCan an AI determine if a song is danceable?
BB pal Lissa Soep of YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) writes: Our Interactive team delved into Spotify’s algorithm to discover how songs on the platform are scored for their “danceability.” We were intrigued by this use of Artificial Intelligence to quantify something as personal and cultural as what makes us […]
Read MoreSpotify is testing a feature that will let you import your own songs
Spotify has been working to make its platform more open and useful, such as the streaming music giant’s plan to let musicians use Spotify’s app to upload tracks to all of the company’s main competitors. The company has also recently released a version of its app for the Apple Watch. And now comes word the […]
Read MoreI got a Google Home Mini for $1, and you can too: Here’s how!
A few weeks ago, we told you about an insane deal from Spotify: subscribers of the Spotify Premium for Family plan can get a Google Home Mini completely free-of-charge. That deal lasts until December 31, 2018 — head here to read our instructions on the process. However, Spotify is running another deal right now which […]
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Spotify Could Soon Allow Users To Import Their Own Music
Music streaming services are useful because they let you listen to music whenever you want while on the go, and also being able to search and add songs to your library without having to deal with cables and all that jazz. However streaming services aren’t 100% perfect as its catalogue […]
Read MoreSpotify tests letting you import local songs on Android, a tabbed Library view, and other improvements
We love dissecting APKs here on Android Police — our own Cody spends his entire day going through all of Google’s apps looking for the tiniest of changes that could hint at an upcoming feature, so we appreciate a lot the work others do when they look at apps that we don’t have the time/manpower […]
Read MoreReport: Spotify might launch in India within six months
Spotify recently blessed most of the Arab world with its service, giving poor souls like me an option to officially subscribe without having to jump through hoops for an account in another country. If you live in India, you probably know the struggle much more than I do, but good news is coming your way. […]
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Spotify Could Expand To India In A Few Months
Spotify is the world’s most popular music streaming service and the company wants to keep it that way. It’s reportedly eyeing a lucrative market to launch its service in. Spotify isn’t available in India right now but that might change in a few months if a new report is to […]
Read More[Update: Available for all] Spotify now available in the Middle East and North Africa, if you have an invite
Earlier this year, it was rumored that Spotify would arrive in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) sometime in Q4 2018. It seems the speculation was true, as Spotify has now launched in a handful of MENA countries — but only to those with invites. Spotify now appears to be live in Lebanon, Jordan, UAE, […]
Read MoreSpotify Connect speakers can now be used by free-tier members
While Spotify Premium still offers many features that are only available for paying members, one of those features is making its way to the free tier. According to What Hi-Fi?, Spotify’s free users are now able to stream music on Spotify Connect-enabled speakers, which was previously reserved for Premium users. The change is part of an […]
Read MoreSpotify Connect is coming to free tier users thanks to new SDK
WiFi streaming is all the rage these days, and Spotify has long had a proprietary solution that works with certain speakers. Spotify Connect has only been available to Premium subscribers in the past, but that’s about to change. According to What Hi-Fi?, a new Commercial Partners SDK available to wireless audio manufacturers will allow Spotify users on […]
Read MoreSpotify now available in the Middle East and North Africa, if you have an invite
Earlier this year, it was rumored that Spotify would arrive in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) sometime in Q4 2018. It seems the speculation was true, as Spotify has now launched in a handful of MENA countries — but only to those with invites. Spotify now appears to be live in Lebanon, Jordan, UAE, […]
Read More[Update: Get yours now] Spotify Premium for Family account holders can snag a free Google Home Mini starting November 1
Spotify has announced a new promotion for members with family accounts. Starting tomorrow, November 1, the master account holder on any Spotify Premium for Family plan in the United States can get a Google Home Mini for the low low price of zero dollars. The Google Home Mini’s speaker isn’t particularly robust, but you can […]
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