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Spotify Free Users in India Can Finally Search and Play Any Track, Design Playlist Covers, and More
Spotify has announced a new experience for free users. It has lifted some of the previous restrictions, and listeners can now play any song that appears on their home page. They can also search for tracks and play them directly, without having to shuffle through a random playlist. Apart from this, the music streaming platform also announced the abi...
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Spotify Finally Rolls Out Lossless Audio for Premium Users in Select Regions
Spotify has launched Lossless audio for Premium users in select markets, with rollout expanding to over 50 countries by October. Subscribers are notified when available and must enable it manually on each device, choosing Wi-Fi, cellular, or downloads. Lossless streams in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC and works on mobile, desktop, tablet, and many Spo...
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Apple Teams Up With TuneIn to Boost Radio Features Amid Streaming Competition
The Cupertino, California-based technology giant's six radio stations will be available outside its app for the first time on TuneIn to its 75 million monthly active users.
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Spotify Users Can Now Send Direct Messages to Each Other to Share Music, Podcasts
Spotify has announced, in a press release, that the company will start rolling out a new feature that will allow users to send direct messages to each other. Users will be able to recommend music, podcasts, and audiobooks to their family members and friends, and to people with whom they share a Family or Duo plan. Starting this week, the feature wi...
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Spotify Flags Price Rises as It Introduces New Services: Report
Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider's Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom.
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Spotify Premium Gets More Expensive in India, Europe, Middle East, and Select Other Markets
Spotify Premium subscription will now cost more in India, Europe, the Middle East, and select other markets. The streaming service announced its price hike on Monday, and it will be applicable to all of its plans. Users will have to pay more to continue uninterrupted access to ad-free music, along with other benefits.
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Instagram Now Lets You Share Songs From Spotify on Stories With Audio Preview
Instagram has released a new feature which makes it easier to share songs with others on the platform, as per a report. Users can now share tracks on their Instagram Stories and they will appear with a preview of the song. While users could previously share tracks too, only the album cover appeared without any audio. This builds upon the recent rol...
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YouTube Music Adds Offline Lyrics Support for Downloaded Songs
YouTube Music has quietly rolled out a new feature allowing users to view lyrics offline. Subscribers who have downloaded tracks with lyrics can now access them without an internet connection. Rivals Spotify and Apple Music don't offer offline lyric access at the moment.
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Instagram Will Soon Let You Re-Order Your Feed, Post Without Broadcasting to Everyone
Instagram will soon let users re-order their feed for better control over the content, the company announced on Thursday. It will also let them post photos and videos without broadcasting it to everyone's feed. The social media platform also announced a new feature which lets users share currently playing Spotify tracks in Notes, alongside a partne...
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Spotify Rolls Out New Playlist Management Tools, Snooze for 30 Days and Other Features
Spotify on Wednesday announced several updates which aim to improve upon the existing listening and playlist curation experience. The Queue option, which appears at bottom of the Now Playing view, is said to have received a design upgrade. Further, the redesign also brings easy access to controls like Smart Shuffle, Sleep Timer, and repeat. Spotif...
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YouTube Testing Two-Person Premium Subscription Plans in India
YouTube is testing a two-person subscription plan for its Premium service. The company said that they are piloting the new tier in four countries, including India. It is expected to roll out to all users eventually. This is being seen as a move to push YouTube's subscription growth. Much like the Spotify Duo plan, the two-person YouTube Premium mem...
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Spotify Subscribers Grow to 268 Million Even as Streaming Firm Misses Quarterly Estimates
Spotify reported operating profit that missed estimates even as it saw a surge in subscribers in the first quarter. The profit miss overshadowed a stronger gain in subscribers in the first three months of the year, showing that the streaming service’s strategy of expanding beyond music into audiobooks and podcasts is luring more fans even as it ...
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Launch in India Soon; Live Translation Feature Rolls Out Widely
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. The live translation feature has been expanded to all the markets in which the smart glasses are available, enabling users to converse in English and select other languages in real time, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Meta says it will soon introduce ...
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Spotify Ad Exchange Launch in India, Offers Access to Platform’s Logged-in Users
Spotify is launching its Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX) platform and advertiser-focused artificial intelligence (AI) tools in India. Announced on Monday, the new services for advertisers in the country were launched just a week after its global launch. SAX is a programmatic ad platform that automates the process of buying and placing ads on the platform...
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WhatsApp for iOS Reportedly Developing Ability to Share Music on Status Updates via Spotify
WhatsApp is said to be developing a new feature for its iOS app aimed at making sharing music on status updates easier. According to claims by a feature tracker, it was spotted within the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and enables users to share music from Spotify on their status updates.
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Spotify Free Users in India Can Finally Search and Play Any Track, Design Playlist Covers, and More
Spotify has announced a new experience for free users. It has lifted some of the previous restrictions, and listeners can now play any song that appears on their home page. They can also search for tracks and play them directly, without having to shuffle through a random playlist. Apart from this, the music streaming platform also announced the abi...
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Spotify Finally Rolls Out Lossless Audio for Premium Users in Select Regions
Spotify has launched Lossless audio for Premium users in select markets, with rollout expanding to over 50 countries by October. Subscribers are notified when available and must enable it manually on each device, choosing Wi-Fi, cellular, or downloads. Lossless streams in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC and works on mobile, desktop, tablet, and many Spo...
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Apple Teams Up With TuneIn to Boost Radio Features Amid Streaming Competition
The Cupertino, California-based technology giant's six radio stations will be available outside its app for the first time on TuneIn to its 75 million monthly active users.
-
Spotify Users Can Now Send Direct Messages to Each Other to Share Music, Podcasts
Spotify has announced, in a press release, that the company will start rolling out a new feature that will allow users to send direct messages to each other. Users will be able to recommend music, podcasts, and audiobooks to their family members and friends, and to people with whom they share a Family or Duo plan. Starting this week, the feature wi...
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Spotify Flags Price Rises as It Introduces New Services: Report
Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider's Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom.
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Spotify Premium Gets More Expensive in India, Europe, Middle East, and Select Other Markets
Spotify Premium subscription will now cost more in India, Europe, the Middle East, and select other markets. The streaming service announced its price hike on Monday, and it will be applicable to all of its plans. Users will have to pay more to continue uninterrupted access to ad-free music, along with other benefits.
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Instagram Now Lets You Share Songs From Spotify on Stories With Audio Preview
Instagram has released a new feature which makes it easier to share songs with others on the platform, as per a report. Users can now share tracks on their Instagram Stories and they will appear with a preview of the song. While users could previously share tracks too, only the album cover appeared without any audio. This builds upon the recent rol...
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YouTube Music Adds Offline Lyrics Support for Downloaded Songs
YouTube Music has quietly rolled out a new feature allowing users to view lyrics offline. Subscribers who have downloaded tracks with lyrics can now access them without an internet connection. Rivals Spotify and Apple Music don't offer offline lyric access at the moment.
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Instagram Will Soon Let You Re-Order Your Feed, Post Without Broadcasting to Everyone
Instagram will soon let users re-order their feed for better control over the content, the company announced on Thursday. It will also let them post photos and videos without broadcasting it to everyone's feed. The social media platform also announced a new feature which lets users share currently playing Spotify tracks in Notes, alongside a partne...
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Spotify Rolls Out New Playlist Management Tools, Snooze for 30 Days and Other Features
Spotify on Wednesday announced several updates which aim to improve upon the existing listening and playlist curation experience. The Queue option, which appears at bottom of the Now Playing view, is said to have received a design upgrade. Further, the redesign also brings easy access to controls like Smart Shuffle, Sleep Timer, and repeat. Spotif...
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YouTube Testing Two-Person Premium Subscription Plans in India
YouTube is testing a two-person subscription plan for its Premium service. The company said that they are piloting the new tier in four countries, including India. It is expected to roll out to all users eventually. This is being seen as a move to push YouTube's subscription growth. Much like the Spotify Duo plan, the two-person YouTube Premium mem...
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Spotify Subscribers Grow to 268 Million Even as Streaming Firm Misses Quarterly Estimates
Spotify reported operating profit that missed estimates even as it saw a surge in subscribers in the first quarter. The profit miss overshadowed a stronger gain in subscribers in the first three months of the year, showing that the streaming service’s strategy of expanding beyond music into audiobooks and podcasts is luring more fans even as it ...
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Launch in India Soon; Live Translation Feature Rolls Out Widely
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. The live translation feature has been expanded to all the markets in which the smart glasses are available, enabling users to converse in English and select other languages in real time, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Meta says it will soon introduce ...
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Spotify Ad Exchange Launch in India, Offers Access to Platform’s Logged-in Users
Spotify is launching its Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX) platform and advertiser-focused artificial intelligence (AI) tools in India. Announced on Monday, the new services for advertisers in the country were launched just a week after its global launch. SAX is a programmatic ad platform that automates the process of buying and placing ads on the platform...
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WhatsApp for iOS Reportedly Developing Ability to Share Music on Status Updates via Spotify
WhatsApp is said to be developing a new feature for its iOS app aimed at making sharing music on status updates easier. According to claims by a feature tracker, it was spotted within the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and enables users to share music from Spotify on their status updates.
