Deezer announces its 2022 Rewind charts
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Deezer announces its 2022 Rewind charts

Deezer announces its 2022 Rewind charts highlighting the most streamed artists and albums of the year. This year they have included the top song identified with SongCatcher and their humming feature, as well as the top translated song with Lyrics Translation. There is also a list of the 5 artists to watch in 2023. You can find the 2022 Rewind Channel on Deezer by going here. To compare this year’s charts to last year see our […]

Deezer launches new smartwatch app
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Deezer launches new smartwatch app

Deezer launches new smartwatch app powered by Google’s Wear OS giving users an enhanced experience including the possibility to download playlists and listen to their favourite music on the go, without being connected to a phone. In addition to an updated design and a smooth user experience, subscribers to Premium and Family can now access key Deezer features, including Flow, directly in their watch. Favourite playlists and tracks can also be downloaded for easy access, […]

Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app
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Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app

Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app with improved playback and download options. You will be able to more easily browse and choose your favourite music and podcasts in Your Library, as well as more quickly download music to listen offline from the watch itself. There’s also a new sleek design with larger artwork, animations, and added functionality – like swiping to like a song. It’s also easier to spot new episodes marked with a blue […]

MQA announces new HiRes wireless codec
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MQA announces new HiRes wireless codec

MQA announces new HiRes wireless codec which has been approved by the Japan Audio Society (JAS) and will be able to use their prestigious ‘Hi-Res AUDIO WIRELESS’ logo. This new codec carries the technical name of SCL6 and is being marketed as MQair. Wireless devices account for a large segment of music listening over headphones, earbuds, and wireless speakers. Bluetooth speakers and wireless headphones have a combined annual retail value of $69bn forecast for 2022, […]

Amazon Music Prime expands to 100 million songs
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Amazon Music Prime expands to 100 million songs

Amazon Music Prime expands to 100 million songs – an increase from the previous 2 million – giving Prime members access in shuffle mode, ad-free, and at no additional cost to their membership. Prime members will also get access to top podcasts ad-free and on demand, including shows they already know and love from Crowd Network and The New York Times. Ad-free shows include the +44 Podcast, binge-worthy podcasts from Wondery including British Scandal, Who Killed Daphne, SmartLess, Morbid, My Favorite […]

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high
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Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high with one third listening to podcasts in Spanish. These findings are from an Edison Research report and show the results of a representative survey of 2500 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. conducted in June 2022. The U.S. Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 found that 59% of US Latinos adults have listened to a podcast compared to 44% in 2021. Just over half (51%) of US Latinos have listened to a podcast in English, and […]

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes
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Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes vehicles with support for Dolby Atmos. Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV and the S-Class, equipping these vehicles with ‘studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall’, and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multidimensional sound and clarity. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s […]