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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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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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You Can Pin Spotify Playlists (And More)
Spotify started as a humble music streaming app, but it has ballooned into something much bigger. The service is now packed with playlists, podcasts, and even audiobooks. You probably have a lot of these things saved to your library, so you might as well make your favorites easy to access. Personally, I have over 30 Spotify playlists saved to my…
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Spotify is Testing Parent Controls on Kids Accounts
Spotify is home to all kinds of music, but just like with most streaming services, there’s some content that probably isn’t appropriate for all ages. On that topic, Spotify is introducing a filtering ability for kids accounts. Spotify announced today the introduction of new parental controls for its Family Plan subscribers. These controls will initially be available in select markets,…
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The iPhone’s volume buttons will no longer work with Spotify Connect
Spotify users on iPhone will no longer be able to control the volume on connected devices using their physical volume buttons. In an update to its support page, Spotify said Apple “discontinued” this technology, forcing iPhone owners to use an annoying workaround. This change only affects Spotify Connect, a feature that lets users use their phones to control Spotify on…
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YouTube Music Should Steal This Cool Spotify Feature, Like Right Now!
There’s no denying that Spotify is the go-to choice for music streaming platforms. However, YouTube Music has emerged as a great alternative to Spotify, not because it comes included with YouTube Premium but because its algorithm is genuinely good at picking music you might actually like. That said, YouTube Music still lags in raw features such as Spotify Connect, and…
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Facebook and Spotify warn Europe could lag in AI due to complex regulations – Computerworld
The Irish DPC’s move came after NOYB, a Vienna-based digital rights advocacy group, complained to DPAs (data protection authorities) in 11 countries including Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, and Norway, to “immediately stop Meta’s abuse of personal data for AI.” “Regulating against known harms is necessary, but pre-emptive regulation of theoretical harms for nascent technologies such as…
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Spotify Wrapped Is Boring Compared to What This App Can Do
One of my favorite things about streaming music is all the stats. Spotify showcases this with its wildly popular year-end “Wrapped” recap, but there’s so much more you can get your hands on. Stats.fm is an app that allows you to dig deeper into your music listening habits and do some truly awesome stuff with it. What Does Stats.fm Do?…
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