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Spotify’s playlist submission feature goes Live

03/11/2018

Spotify’s recent playlist submission feature which was made available as a beta has now completed its final testing and is now fully Live. The beta feature in Spotify for Artists gives artists, labels, and teams the ability to share new music directly with our editorial team for playlist consideration. Since the feature became available in July more than 67,000 artists and labels have submitted music. Since the beta began, over 10,000 artists have been added […]

Spotify offers a free Google Home Mini to US Family subscribers

31/10/2018

Spotify offers a free Google Home Mini to US Spotify Premium for Family subscribers starting from 1st November until 31st December 2018. Starting today, Spotify are teaming up with Google Home to give Spotify Premium for Family master account owners in the US a Google Home Mini as part of their subscription. Music lovers across generations will be able to share their favourite music with the entire family, simply by asking their Google Home Mini […]

Spotify Premium gets streamlined navigation, personalised search and endless artist radio

30/10/2018

Spotify has announced three new features for its Spotify Premium apps which the streamer has started to roll out globally. The new features are: Streamlined navigation Spotify have refined the navigation to help people quickly find what they’re looking for. Subscribers can get great recommendations on Home, discover something new with Search, and access favourite songs, artists, playlists, and podcasts in Your Library. Personalised Search The redesigned Search page is the new one-stop destination for artists, […]

Spotify app for Wear OS smartwatches

25/10/2018

Spotify is rolling out a new app for smartwatches on Wear OS by Google leaving you free to run, dance, shop, socialize and control your music at the same time. The streamer has partnered with Fossil Group to bring the Spotify experience in a standalone app for Wear OS by Google smartwatches to even more users. Starting in November, Spotify will be auto-installed on all Fossil Gen 4 Smartwatches and Michael Kors Access Runway Smartwatches. […]

Spotify introduces Spotify for Podcasters

18/10/2018

Spotify has introduced a new beta service, Spotify for Podcasters enabling podcasters to upload their shows and retrieve daily statistics. In a blog post, Spotify has said that they ‘want more people to have access to the tools they need to become great storytellers and have their voices heard, which is why we’re proud to introduce the beta of Spotify for Podcasters. Through this new platform that we’re testing, podcast creators who are hosting their […]

Spotify celebrates a Decade of Discovery

15/10/2018

Spotify launched ten years ago in October 2008 and is celebrating a Decade of Discovery with a Decade of Discovery playlist which features the most-streamed songs over the past 10 years, including favourites like Avicii’s Wake Me Up, Hozier’s Take Me To Church, Kendrick Lamar’s HUMBLE, Rihanna’s Work, Sia’s Chandelier, Major Lazer’s Lean On, the star-studded Despacito Remix, and more. Over the past ten years Spotify has introduced discovery features such as the Discover Weekly […]

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Ministry of Sound playlists come to Apple Music

13/10/2018

Apple Music has signed an exclusive deal with the Ministry of Sound to stream its popular dance playlists such as Dance Nation and Rave Nation. As a consequence of the deal these playlists, some of which have hundreds of thousands of followers, will be removed from Spotify and other non-Apple services over the course of the next few days. This is likely to disappoint a considerable number of Spotify subscribers as the Dance Nation playlist […]