Apple Music is rolling out a new tool that allows you to import playlists from other streaming services. After beta-testing in Australia and New Zealand, the tool is now available in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and Mexico. The tool, announced by Apple and spotted by MacRumors, is accessed through a new menu in Music settings …
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Earlier this year, we saw an Apple Music tool intended to make it easier to switch from Spotify, and that tool is now available in more countries, including the US. But wait! Are you sure you really want to do that when Spotify has just rolled out its very latest feature? Direct messages … First seen in beta last year, …
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Spotify is introducing a way for you to chat with your friends in a bid to become a more social content consumption app. Users have shared Spotify links for music and podcasts with others outside the platform for years. With this feature, Spotify wants users to do more within the app while also keeping the history of shared content, so …
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Spotify is introducing a direct messaging feature that allows users to share music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations with each other without leaving the app. Messages is rolling out in “select markets” this week, according to Spotify’s press release, and will be available on mobile devices for Free and Premium users aged 16 years and older. The messaging feature can be …
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YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others. The app will now include “Taste Match” playlists, which are playlists that combine multiple users’ overlapping interests, similar to Spotify Blend. The app will also start notifying users of upcoming releases, merch, and …
Read More »Spotify routinely debuts new playlist features for its users, but the company’s latest update has the potential to dramatically alter custom mixes. Starting today, premium users will have access to a new tool for creating customized transitions within playlists. This will allow seamless progression from one track to the next, with natural-sounding changeovers and no awkward silence. Once you’ve created …
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After our decade-long relationship, I’m breaking up with Spotify. It’s nothing personal. It’s just that Spotify and I have grown up, but we haven’t grown together. Over the years, I’ve been tempted to leave Spotify many times. I know that the company faces accusations of poor streaming payouts for artists, compared to its competitors, and I haven’t forgotten that it …
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Spotify announced on Monday that its premium subscription prices will increase for users in multiple markets across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Over the next month, impacted subscribers will receive an email explaining that their monthly subscription cost will increase from €10,99 to €11,99. Spotify made a similar change last year for users in …
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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority I received my invite to join Spotify back in November of 2008 — yes, back then, you couldn’t sign up by yourself; another user had to invite you with a personalized link first. I created an account, used my free trial, and finally had access to the world’s largest music streaming platform. For the …
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Audio streaming giant Spotify posted second-quarter subscriber gains to end June with 276 million paying premium subscribers, up from 268 million as of the end of the first quarter in March. Monthly active users (MAUs) grew to 696 million from 678 million. Management had previously forecast 273 million premium subs and 689 million MAUs. “In the first half of 2025, subscriber net additions grew …
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