You might only use Google Maps just for navigation, but Google’s top mobile app has plenty of hidden tricks up its sleeves — features that may not be immediately clear to the user. That’s because Google keeps updating the app and adding new features that can improve daily commutes and make exploring new places easier …
Spotify is one of many peoples’ most-used daily apps on their mobile device, so anytime it makes even a modest change to the app (related to its design or otherwise) it will be noticed and engaged with by a huge global audience. The music streamer recently pushed through an update that made podcasts easier to …
If you tried to hop onto Spotify this morning to either relax or make the work day more bearable, you may have had some difficulty connecting to the popular streaming service. The good news is that it has nothing to do with your smartphone or computer. As it turns out, Spotify is in fact down …
App researcher Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane on Twitter) is out with her latest discovery of an as-yet-unreleased feature of another popular mobile app, this time regarding a new social feature being tested at Spotify. The new feature is called “Tastebuds,” and it would be a step toward Spotify getting back into the social game after …
Back in October, Spotify resurrected its free Google Home Mini offer, but expanded its reach by opening the offer up to all Premium Individual subscribers as well as Premium Family master account holders. The offer only lasted a few days, but if you happened to miss out the first time around, Spotify is giving us …
As a huge music fan, I’ve tried all of the different streaming services over the years. And still, I’ve yet to find a service that offers up a user experience that can top what Spotify brings to the table. As it stands now, Spotify remains the undisputed king of music streaming, with the company last …
Retailers and tech giants like Apple and Samsung aren’t the only businesses for which hot Black Friday deals have been launching in recent days and ginning up excitement among shoppers looking to score great discounts. Streaming music giant Spotify is also getting in on the act, running a holiday promotion through the end of the …
A little less than a month after giving its Premium subscribers a free Google Home Mini speaker that can be used to stream music, Spotify is now showing some similar love for the subscribers on its free tier (who, it should be noted, vastly outnumber the paid subscribers on a monthly basis — 248 million, …
Spotify surprised everyone on Monday with an unexpected quarterly profit that accompanied some uncharacteristically bullish remarks from the company about its competitive landscape, with Spotify insisting that the company’s growth rate and engagement have surpassed those of its closest rival: Apple Music. In terms of hard numbers, the Swedish streamer said it had added some …
We’ve already told you about one great smart speaker deal today, but do you know what’s better than cheap? Free! On Tuesday, Spotify announced that it is bringing back its free Google Home Mini offer, but is opening up the offer to far more customers than were able to take advantage of it last year. …
