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Spotify creates an all year round ‘Wrapped’ experience

04/06/2021

Spotify creates an all year round ‘Wrapped’ experience containing shareable personalised playlists in an in-app feature it has branded Only You. Only You features Your Audio Birth Chart: It’s a musical meeting of cosmic proportions. Your Sun sign details the artist you listened to most over the last six months. Your Moon sign demonstrates an artist you listen to that best shows your emotional or vulnerable side. Your Rising sign brings it all together with an artist you’ve recently connected with. […]

Streamers celebrate Pride Month 2021

03/06/2021

Streamers celebrate Pride Month 2021 with dedicated channels devoted to LGBTQIA+ artists and creators from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube Music. Events of all kinds will be held during June in many countries including the UK and US to remember and celebrate when the Stonewall Riots took place back in 1969. This is a round up of the offerings from the mainstream streaming services. Amazon Music launches Pride History On the 29th […]

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic

02/06/2021

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic according to the Infinite Dial 2021 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital. The research carried out in February 2021 surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1001 people aged 18 and older. It found that 27% of Canadians 12+ own a smart speaker, up one percentage point from 2020, and smart speaker households in Canada now own an average of 1.8 of the devices, up from 1.7 in 2020. […]

Spotify adds downloading to your Apple Watch

27/05/2021

Spotify adds downloading to your Apple Watch giving you the ability to download your favourite playlists, albums, and podcasts. All users are already able to play tracks, albums, playlists, and podcasts, and now Premium subscribers will also be able to download everything they’re listening to for a true offline and phone-free experience. This is on top of all the other Spotify features on Apple Watch from Connect & Control to streaming to Siri. The new […]

Subscription radio stations launched in UK

25/05/2021

Subscription radio stations launched in UK with Bauer Media’s Scala Radio, Jazz FM, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio all offering live radio with no ad-breaks 24 x 7. Radio stations Scala Radio, Jazz FM, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio are extending their live radio experience by launching premium subscription online radio services. Subscribers will gain access to 20 exclusive online radio stations across genres and music moods, more than 30 on-demand shows, documentaries, artist interview content and special programming. These benefits are […]

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility

22/05/2021

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility with three updates to its iOS and Android apps: buttons with increased readability features, options for text resizing, and a beta for podcast transcripts. These will all be rolling out in the coming weeks. Improved buttons When you use Spotify, you’re constantly tapping buttons to shuffle a playlist or start a listening session. The colour, text formatting and size of these buttons has been changed to make it easier for low-vision and visually […]

Deezer brings downloads to your Apple Watch

22/05/2021

Deezer brings downloads to your Apple Watch with an updated app available for users with paid subscriptions. To use the download mode, choose a playlist. It can be from an existing editorial playlist, a personalized playlist you’ve created or one you’ve favourited. Once you’re finished, you can download them to the Deezer app on your Apple Watch. As soon as your download is complete, they are ready to be played. The offline app functionality allows […]