August 2021

Download Spotify content to Samsung smartwatches

12/08/2021

Download Spotify content to Samsung smartwatches with their latest update running Wear OS 2.0 or higher on devices such as the new Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch4 Classic. In the coming weeks, Spotify users will be able to play their favourite playlists, albums, and podcasts with smartwatches that run Wear OS. By having Spotify on your wrist, you can run, dance, shop, cook, and socialize and control your music and podcasts at the same time. You will […]

Music can be a COVID-19 coping strategy

09/08/2021

Music can be a COVID-19 coping strategy according to an international research project by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics who investigated whether musical engagement is an effective strategy for socio-emotional coping during lockdown. Beyond the immediate health risks of the Covid-19 pandemic, the containment measures it necessitates have brought with them a number of other stressors that can undermine individual and collective well-being. The MPI team collected demographically representative samples from six countries […]

Radio is the most common audio listening activity in UK in 2020

08/08/2021

Radio is the most common audio listening activity in UK in 2020 according to Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. In Ofcom’s fourth annual Media Nations research report it reviews trends in the TV and online video sectors as well as radio and other audio sectors. Audio listening key findings The radio and audio sector continues to take advantage of DAB and online platforms to innovate. Live radio on a radio set remains the most common […]