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Apple Music Voice Plan to be axed

11/11/2023

Apple Music Voice Plan is to be axed with the close down starting in November 2023 when Apple will be turning off auto-renew for existing Voice subscribers. If you’re a current Voice subscriber, you can continue on your plan for the duration of your final billing cycle. Or you can switch to another Apple Music plan: Individual, Student, or Family, as well as Apple One – which includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more. Current […]

Deezer rebrands and updates its apps

10/11/2023

Deezer rebrands and updates its apps with a new logo and user experience inviting its users to ‘Live the music’. In a recent announcement the streamer said it was, ‘…reinventing itself as an experience services platform, with expression and connection as guiding principles to help artists, fans and partners to be and belong through music. To highlight the transformation and recharge people’s emotional connection to the brand, Deezer is refreshing its visual identity.’ Jeronimo Folgueira, […]

Spotify Premium users in US get Audiobook access

09/11/2023

Spotify Premium users in US are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. They now join those in the UK and Australia who received this upgrade in October 2023. At launch there were 150,000 audiobooks available in this plan upgrade but this has now been increased to over 200.000. Fifteen hours should get you around two average audiobooks per month, but if you do hit the limit, […]

Americans continue to listen to radio

01/11/2023

Americans continue to listen to radio for 37% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. […]

Spotify’s Gen Z users streamed 560 Bn songs in first half of 2023

23/10/2023

Spotify’s Gen Z users streamed 560 Bn songs in first half of 2023 according to Spotify’s annual Gen Z trend report – Culture Next Volume 05. The report based on an international survey of Gen Z (15-24) Spotify users as well as their Millennial (25-40) counterparts in June 2023. In the first half of 2023, Gen Z listened to over 560 Bn songs and more than 3 Bn podcast episodes — a 76% increase over […]

YouTube Music now supported on Apple HomePod

23/10/2023

YouTube Music now supported on Apple HomePod enabling users to ask Siri to play music from the streamer, or set it as the default when they ask their HomePod to play music. In a statement published on reddit YouTube Music said, “We’ve officially launched YouTube Music support on Apple HomePod to all Premium and Music Premium members globally. To get started, ensure you have the latest version of the YouTube Music app, then go to […]

Radio Calico goes global

22/10/2023

Radio Calico, the US based HiRes internet radio station goes global removing its geoblocking which previously restricted listening to the US only. In a recent announcement the station said, “…we now have dedicated apps in Google Play and the App Store that are capable of 48kHz / 24-bit HLS lossless streaming, in addition to our website player. We’re still ad-free and subscription-free, and sourcing HiRes files from Qobuz when available.” Streaming URLs Webplayer: https://www.radio-calico.com/ HiRes […]