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Spotify launches Anime Hub

Spotify launches Anime Hub allowing fans to stream TV and Movie Anime songs in the new Japanese Anime hub according to a recent blog posting. Anime fans in Japan, the US, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, India, South Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, and the 13 regions in MENA can find and stream anime music by going here. Since the hub launched in October, fans in the US, […]

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Spotify creates Your Daily Podcasts playlist

Spotify creates Your Daily Podcasts playlist which includes favourite shows and new recommendations according to a recent blog post. The streamer has done for podcasts what it did for music discovery where it has playlists like Discover Weekly and Daily Mix. The streamer has created Your Daily Podcasts its first daily personalized podcast playlist that gives users an easy way to discover new shows while also keeping up with old favourites. If you’ve listened to […]

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Spotify creates personalised road trip playlist

Spotify creates personalised road trip playlist which launches in the US on a separate website, here, rather than as part of the streamer’s app. The Soundtrack Your Ride lets you personalise your playlist for your journey in three easy steps. Once you have logged into your Spotify account: Select the length Use the Google Maps tool or time selector to set the length of your trip Customize Take a quick quiz to personalise your playlist. […]

Spotify users grow by 30% to 248 million
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Spotify users grow by 30% to 248 million

Spotify users grow by 30% to 248 million year on year with subscribers up 31% to 113 million according to the streamer’s recently published Q3 2019 financial results. Total Monthly Active Users (MAU) grew 30% year on year to 248 million well ahead of expectations with South East Asia and India leading the charge. The streamer also noted that long term retention of users driven by innovation in its product has contributed to the strong […]

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Spotify tests sponsored album recommendations

Spotify tests sponsored album recommendations on its Spotify mobile app with Spotify Premium subscribers able to turn these off. Spotify occasionally delivers full-screen recommendations in its Spotify mobile app, letting you know that one a favourite artist has a new album out. Based on interviews Spotify have conducted with Premium users, as well as Twitter feedback, listeners seem to like this feature. Spotify will personalize these new album recommendations based on listening taste, combined with […]

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Spotify Premium users can get a free Google Home Mini

New and existing Spotify Premium users can get a free Google Home Mini in the US for a limited time only. Both new and existing Premium Individual and Premium Family master account users in the US can get a Google Home Mini while supplies last. The offer is available now and will continue while stocks last. Last year Spotify made a similar offer for Spotify Premium for Family users, introducing households to a new, exciting […]

Spotify Everywhere - new smart integrations released
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6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device

6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device have been published in a new blog by the streamer as part of its Ubiquity strategy. The idea is that you should be able to tune in to Spotify wherever, whenever, using whatever. With the ever increasing use of smart devices such as smart watches and smart speakers, the aim is to provide access to all of your favourite audio content on all of these […]