Spotify might be raising prices soon, but don’t panic just yet
In the face of increased competition from rivals like Apple Music and others, Spotify is quietly testing the waters to see whether it can push …
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Spotify users may finally be able to start using Siri commands to play music
Over the past few months, there’s been quite a bit of tension between Apple and Spotify. Not too long ago, for example, Spotify CEO Daniel …
Apple’s rivalry with Spotify escalates as it begins funding exclusive podcasts
Apple is reportedly planning to open up a whole new front on its ongoing content war with Spotify soon. Spotify certainly got the jump on …
Amazon’s music service is actually growing more quickly than Spotify
Spotify and Apple Music are the two music streaming services that tend to get the lion’s share of attention — partly because of the obvious …
Apple reveals that it only collects revenue from about 0.5% of Spotify subscribers
Over the past few months, Spotify has been exceedingly vocal and critical about the way in which Apple manages the App Store. Specifically, Spotify takes …
New Spotify playlist wants to replace your car radio
Americans spend much of their time every day stuck behind the wheel of a car, logging some 70 billion hours each year that are passed …
Spotify is trying to make Pandora obsolete with its new ‘Spotify Stations’ app
After an initial rollout in Australia, Spotify earlier today pushed out a new listening option for music lovers. Notably, the new option isn’t contained within …
Spotify’s next big feature could let you and your friends listen to music together
Spotify is reportedly working on a new feature that would be the digital equivalent of you and a friend sharing the same headphones to listen …
Spotify finally adds a sleep timer for Android users
Users of the Android version of Spotify, like Reddit user Studdz, have been raving over the past few days about the quiet addition of a …
Spotify is testing its first piece of hardware – the voice-controlled ‘Car Thing’
Spotify has started testing its first piece of hardware, a music player for your car that the company has named “Car Thing” and which will …
Spotify is once again offering three months of Premium for 99 cents
If you’re still on the fence about subscribing to a streaming music service, wondering if you’ll actually consume enough tunes to justify paying at least …
Spotify might be the next app to add Instagram-style Stories
Once companies started to notice the runaway popularity of ephemeral “Stories” within apps like Instagram and Snapchat, the format started showing up everywhere from Facebook …
Spotify thinks we want to talk to its ads
Voice technology is all the rage nowadays, as the Amazon Echo and Google Home continue to fly off store shelves at a record pace. Spotify …
Spotify now has 100M paying subscribers, but it’s still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million subscribers paying for the streaming music service’s Premium subscription tier, in addition to now enjoying a presence in 79 markets …
Apple Music now has more subscribers in the US than Spotify
Apple Music now boasts more US-based subscribers than Spotify, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. While both companies only divulge worldwide …
Spotify is testing a cheaper plan that people can share
As things stand now with Spotify, premium, ad-free subscriptions to the music streamer cost $9.99 a month for an individual and $14.99 for a family. …
Apple fires back at Spotify and disputes claim that it’s stifling innovation
Without question, Apple’s launch of the App Store back in 2008 forever changed the way we interact with our phones. The proposition that the App …
Spotify complains to European officials that Apple is stifling competition
A spat between the companies that operate two of the biggest music streaming services in the world has landed at the doorstep of the European …
Spotify Premium subscribers now get Hulu’s ad-supported plan for free
If you subscribe to Spotify Premium, you now have access to Hulu for no extra cost. On Tuesday, Spotify announced that everyone with a Spotify …
Galaxy S10 will ship with Spotify pre-installed and six free months of premium
Whether we’re talking about iPhones or Android devices, there’s no better piece of digital real estate than an app situated directly on a smartphone homescreen …
Spotify says it’ll suspend or ban your account if you use an ad blocker
Spotify’s web player is one of its best features, but it also opens the door to a significant problem: Ad blockers. If you have a …
No one knows why non-existent bands have started showing up on Spotify playlists
Spotify has officially acknowledged a curious phenomenon that’s manifested itself recently across the streaming music service’s platform. Fake artists and bands with strange names — …
Spotify’s new feature lets you block any artist on the platform
Despite losing ground to Apple Music in the United States, Spotify is still the biggest music streaming service in the world. That said, it is …
Spotify’s first piece of hardware will be a $100 music player for your car
Spotify is setting its sights on your car as the target for the music streaming giant’s first hardware device. The Financial Times, citing anonymous sources, …
Apple Music still has a lot to learn from Spotify
At the end of every year, Spotify releases its Spotify Wrapped feature which provides users with a detailed snapshot of what music they listened to …
Spotify is turning its Discover Weekly playlist into a brand-sponsored moneymaker
Spotify is embarking on a new way to make money from its product in addition to established revenue generators, like converting as many of its …
Spotify Wrapped will tell you which songs and artists you loved the most in 2018
If you’re like me, you spend hours upon hours listening to Spotify each and every single week. Sure, there are competitors out there from the …
Spotify is testing a feature that will let you import your own songs
Spotify has been working to make its platform more open and useful, such as the streaming music giant’s plan to let musicians use Spotify’s app …
Apple Watch users can now enjoy Spotify from their wrist, with the best features to come
More than a year after Spotify brought developer Andrew Chang on board to develop an official Apple Watch app, and just a few days after …
Spotify Connect speakers can now be used by free-tier members
While Spotify Premium still offers many features that are only available for paying members, one of those features is making its way to the free …
