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SiriusXM is rolling out its new app today

15/12/2023

SiriusXM is rolling out its new app today on the web as well as the App Store, Google Play, and on Amazon Fire devices, with additional platforms and features to come in early 2024. The new SiriusXM app puts SiriusXM’s unique content offering at the forefront, including: live human curated music channels, one-of-a-kind celebrity talk shows, and a one-stop destination for the most comprehensive live sports coverage and analysis. Listeners can hear hundreds of streaming-only […]

Listen to TikTok songs in your music app

15/11/2023

Listen to TikTok songs in your music app with their new feature ‘Add to Music App’ which saves the songs you discover in TikTok to the music streaming service of your choice. The Add to Music App is launching for users in the US and UK in partnership with the major music streaming services, including Amazon Music and Spotify. The feature will appear as a button that says Add Song next to a track name at the bottom of a TikTok […]

SiriusXM to rollout new streaming app

12/11/2023

SiriusXM is to rollout a new streaming app which will be available to users in the US from the 14th December 2023. Following on the heels of a rebrand the new app will offer listeners a ‘more personalized, easy-to-use, lean-back streaming experience that puts discovery at the forefront’. The price for this ‘Streaming All Access Plan’ will be $9.99/month and is aimed at attracting new listeners. Key features of the new SiriusXM app Always-On Personalization […]

Spotify Premium users in US get Audiobook access

09/11/2023

Spotify Premium users in US are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. They now join those in the UK and Australia who received this upgrade in October 2023. At launch there were 150,000 audiobooks available in this plan upgrade but this has now been increased to over 200.000. Fifteen hours should get you around two average audiobooks per month, but if you do hit the limit, […]

Americans continue to listen to radio

01/11/2023

Americans continue to listen to radio for 37% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. […]

Radio Calico

31/10/2023

Radio Calico is a rock/pop genre internet radio station in the US broadcasting a HiRes 24-bit/48kHz lossless FLAC stream. Previously geolocked to the US, the station removed its geoblocking and went global in October 2023. Their website has a webplayer, a 192kbps MP3 stream and links to iOS and Android mobile apps. There are also links to radio aggregators TuneIn, raddio and RadioGuide.FM and social media. Roon users are also catered for with a dedicated […]

Radio Calico goes global

22/10/2023

Radio Calico, the US based HiRes internet radio station goes global removing its geoblocking which previously restricted listening to the US only. In a recent announcement the station said, “…we now have dedicated apps in Google Play and the App Store that are capable of 48kHz / 24-bit HLS lossless streaming, in addition to our website player. We’re still ad-free and subscription-free, and sourcing HiRes files from Qobuz when available.” Streaming URLs Webplayer: https://www.radio-calico.com/ HiRes […]