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Spotify Wants To Be a Better Podcast Player
Summary Spotify is enhancing its podcast features, recommending new episodes on the Home screen just like it currently does with music. A new “Following” feed for podcasts organizes new episodes from subscribed shows for easy viewing. Creators can now link to other Spotify content mentioned in podcast episodes, and use emoji reactions on comments. Ever since Spotify added podcasts, it…
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Android Auto will get Spotify Jam and support for video apps and web browsers
Android Auto is getting more than just Google’s Gemini assistant after the Google I/O developer conference. The company has also announced or otherwise shown off a slew of changes coming to the infotainment operating system, including an updated Spotify app, a light mode, and the introduction of web browsers and video apps. Let’s start with Spotify. Google revealed in a…
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Spotify made podcast play counts public — creators didn’t like it
Spotify announced earlier this month that podcast creators and listeners would get a new data point: how many plays an episode has gotten. The idea, according to Spotify, was that listeners could discover new shows they hadn’t heard of, enticed by this new public measure of fandom. Podcasters did not see it that way. Since the announcement, podcasters, especially those…
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Your Spotify AI DJ Is Now Taking Verbal Requests
Spotify’s AI DJ is like if ChatGPT decided to switch careers. The DJ curates a playlist of music based on Premium subscribers’ previous play history, including new and old songs in the mix. Of course, the headline feature is the DJ’s voice, as the AI bot announces which songs are up next, as well as some information about each. Whether…
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Spotify Can Now Show You More Payment Options in the iPhone App
You probably know you don’t have to pay to use Spotify, as long as you’re good with ads. For a commercial-free experience, of course, you need to subscribe to Premium. If you ever tried to sign up for Spotify Premium on your iPhone, however, you might have noticed there was no way to do so—neither a “pay now” button, nor…
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Spotify already has an app ready to test Apple’s new rules
Spotify says it has submitted an update to its iOS app that would, among other things, let US customers use payment options that aren’t Apple’s, according to a blog post. The update submission follows Wednesday’s major Epic Games v. Apple ruling that forces Apple not to take a cut of payments on non-Apple payment systems and stops Apple from dictating…
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Spotify might put AI ads in its free tier because it wants to annoy you into upgrading
I can’t lie — I’ve completely lost interest in Spotify and the long, long wait for Spotify HiFi. I’m not sure it’s actually going to happen at this point, given we’ve been waiting for what feels like hundreds of years. But there’s still part of me that hopes it’s Spotify HiFi on the way when Spotify makes headlines again, only…
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I Tried Spicetify and It Took My Spotify Experience from Bland to Bangin’
Spotify has been my go-to music streaming service for nearly 6 years, and I have a love/hate relationship with it. It used to be good in the early days, but lately, they’ve started to show their true colors by ruining the free tier, forcing me to pay the premium for bare-bones features like song skips, lyrics, and using the darn…
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Spotify HiFi was announced four years ago, and it’s almost here — maybe
I’m hard-pressed to find another example of a tech company announcing something and then waiting over four years to actually ship it, but that’s exactly the situation we’ve reached with Spotify and its long-delayed HiFi feature. The latest reports indicate it’s finally coming in a matter of months as part of a Music Pro package that Spotify hopes will ensure…
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How to Create and Scan Spotify Codes in 2022 [Easy Guide]
There’s no denying that Spotify is the leading music streaming service in the market. That’s because most people prefer the platform over other services. Thanks to its cross-platform availability, it’s convenient for Spotify users to share songs with their friends and family. While you can share songs via links like you would with any other content, Spotify does offer a…
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