TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC to its Early Access Program (EAP) users on iOS according to a recent reddit post by TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker. The streamer is now offering high resolution content in FLAC format, up to 24-bit 192kHz. For those on the EAP programme you can access this now by updating your beta app, and selecting ‘Max’ quality in the new Audio & Playback settings screen. Dorogusker said, “We’re choosing FLAC as […]
The first commercial Compact Disc (CD) was released in 1982 and the CD was planned as the successor to the vinyl record. Developed by Philips and Sony, sales of CDs grew quickly and by 2004 cumulative worldwide sales of audio CDs, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs reached about 30 billion discs and 200 billion by 2007. However, from the beginning of the early 2000s CDs were increasingly being replaced by other forms of digital storage and distribution […]
Spotify’s desktop gets a new look with with redesigned Your Library and Now Playing views giving a better way to explore, curate, listen to, and organize Spotify on a computer or web browser. The main content area remains unchanged but the new additions will help to align their Desktop experience with the mobile app. On the left-hand side of the app window, they have anchored the new Your Library so you can quickly access your […]
UK music industry pledges to improve streaming metadata although it appears that the focus is on the commercial with little said over the other aspects of information tagging. The voluntary agreement is the work of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) chaired working group of industry experts, who met throughout 2022. This initiative forms part of the UK Government’s programme of work to address issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming. The […]
Apple Music Classical now has an Android app some two months after Apple launched their classical music service for the iPhone. Available to Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost you can find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalogue with search built for the genre. Beginners to classical music can get acquainted with the genre thanks to hundreds of Essentials playlists, insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for many key works, and intuitive […]
Deezer quizzes get multiplayer mode letting fans and music connoisseurs battle their friends in real-time and earn their spot on the leader board. The streamer added quizzes to its app at the end of 2022 and has now added an upgrade that lets users compete against friends and other music lovers from around the world, directly in the app. Up to a hundred people can challenge each other simultaneously on a wide range of music […]
Spotify adds 11 more languages to its apps including UK English, Spanish and Arabic variants bringing the total number of languages on Spotify to 74. This is in addition to the 27 languages they launched with and the 36 languages they rolled out in 2021. Spotify’s mobile app will now also support: Spanish – Argentina Spanish – Mexico Traditional Chinese – Hong Kong Arabic – Egypt Arabic – Saudi Arabia Basque Bosnian English – UK Galician Macedonian […]
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