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TIDAL enables Apple Watch downloads

06/06/2021

TIDAL enables Apple Watch downloads joining Deezer and Spotify who have both recently introduced this feature. With TIDAL on your watch you can: Listen Untethered – Stream music and control playback of TIDAL directly from your Apple Watch, independent of your iPhone. Listen Offline – Download all your favourite playlists and listen offline from anywhere without internet connectivity. Listen Uninterrupted – With your TIDAL account, you will always listen to your music ad-free, from any […]

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 […]

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 […]

Qobuz launches in Australia, New Zealand and Northern Europe

15/04/2021

Qobuz launches in Australia, New Zealand and Northern Europe its HiRes streaming and download service. It will be opening in six new countries: Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Qobuz is now present in 12 countries. In Europe: in France, where the platform was born, in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the US since 2019. Qobuz was founded in 2007 with a mission to provide a […]

HDtracks.co.uk to close on 31st March

22/03/2020

HDtracks.co.uk is to close on 31st March 2020 according to a recent announcement from the HiRes download site. In a mailed newsletter the company said: “Today we are announcing HDtracks.co.uk will no longer be available after March 31, 2020. After six years of helping passionate audiophiles discover the highest quality music available, we are departing from this amazing community in the United Kingdom. While we are sad to say goodbye to HDtracks.co.uk, we are excited to continue improving […]

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Qobuz finally launches in US

16/02/2019

Qobuz finally launches in US after several false starts during the second half of 2018. Streaming subscriptions and downloads are available in MP3, CD and HiRes at varying price points to suit most budgets and audio aspirations. The HiRes Studio subscription at $24.99/month represents excellent value for audiophiles and for those who still prefer some of their music as downloads, then the streamer’s Sublime+ combined streaming and download package at $299.99/year is certainly worth a […]

Qobuz is now integrated on Roon

01/02/2019

Qobuz is now integrated on Roon, the music player which integrates local files, streaming and online content with extensive HiFi and device support. Roon gives a unified browsing experience managing your local file collection, Qobuz digital download and streaming collections in one app. It also collects extensive music metadata – reviews, bios, credits, release dates, recording dates, genre classifications, lyrics, concert dates – and weaves it into a searchable, surfable, digital magazine about the music […]