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YouTube Music Is Already Rolling Out Its Version of Spotify Wrapped
Spotify might have pioneered the yearly streaming recap, but these days, every other service has its own version of “Wrapped.” If you’re a YouTube Music subscriber, for instance, not only do you have the option to check out a year-end summary of your listening habits, those stats are rolling out to select users now. While you might think December would…
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The Best Music Visualizer App for Spotify
Every once in a while a seemingly pointless computing question of mine becomes an obsession. This week, that question is, “Whatever happened to music visualizers? And can I still use one?” In the 2000s, one of the coolest things you could do on a computer was turn on some music, enable the visualizer—a kind of psychedelic-inspired animation that would react…
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Amazon Music Unlimited now includes a free audiobook each month
Amazon says individual subscribers and the primary account holder for family plans “can listen to one audiobook at a time — of any length — per month.” If a user doesn’t finish the audiobook during the month, they can continue listening to the same audiobook the following month, or choose a new title. Subscribers will lose access to the audiobook…
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This Free App Makes Custom Covers For Your Apple Music and Spotify Playlists
Like many, I enjoy creating custom playlists on both Apple Music (for myself) and on Spotify (for my friends). Making nice playlist cover art is a fun part of this process, but I’ve found both Apple Music and Spotify’s built-in tools lacking. Apple Music lets you select photos from your library or pick a generated cover. Spotify also lets you…
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The First Apple Music Book Will Cost You $450
Apple Music has released a limited-edition coffee table book, Apple Music: 100 Best Albums. Yes, a physical book about music on the streaming service, that also costs $450. The book was produced by Assouline, a publishing house known for its luxury coffee table books. The book is the streaming service’s inaugural list of the greatest records ever made. The book…
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Nintendo’s music app has great ideas and frustrating limitations
Listening to Nintendo music isn’t easy. It’s not available on streaming platforms, so I usually end up scouring YouTube for songs from Animal Crossing and Metroid. Because of this, I was hoping that Nintendo Music, a new app that surprise-launched last week, would be my one-stop shop for listening to Nintendo soundtracks. But while it features some clever ideas, there…
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Hey Google, What Song Is This? 7 Ways to Identify Music on Android
We’ve all been in that situation—whether at a coffee shop, walking through a mall, or watching a show—where a catchy tune grabs your attention, and you can’t get it out of your head. Fortunately, Android makes identifying music easier than ever, with various built-in tools and apps at your disposal. 1 Use Google’s Circle to Search for Song Identification If…
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YouTube Music Could Finally Get This Simple Playlist Feature Soon
After years of waiting, YouTube Music users will finally get a much-requested playlist customization feature, but as always, there is a catch. Both Spotify and Apple Music already let their users upload custom images as playlist thumbnails, and now it’s YouTube Music’s turn to join the party. Reddit user @SimSamurai13 took to the r/YouTubeMusic subreddit earlier this week to reveal…
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Don’t Miss out on These 5 Underrated Music Streaming Services
Music streaming can be a very personal experience, which is why finding the right service that fits all your needs can be a bit challenging. However, there are many choices available to you beyond Spotify, Apple Music, and other mainstream services. Here are some underrated music streaming services that you might be missing out on. 1 Tidal This music streaming…
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This music streamer just became the center piece of my home HiFi
I’m lucky enough to get to try some extremely impressive pieces of audio gear thanks to my job. Be that some mad wired headphones milled out of aluminum, brass, and steel, to some desk speakers that somehow manage a better job at spacialising 3D audio better than even the best smart speakers, my experience with sound gear is something I…
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