October 2021

Spotify podcasts get interactive

05/10/2021

Spotify podcasts get interactive with new Q&A and Polls features rolled out to coincide with International Podcast Day. Spotify and Anchor are enabling these new features to help creators and listeners interact more deeply with podcast content. These interactive enhancements will make it easier for listeners to engage with the people behind their favourite podcasts and for creators to hear from their fans and listeners directly on Spotify. Q&A and Polls allow listeners to respond […]

Primephonic Review

05/10/2021

Update 05/10/2021: At the end of August 2021, Primephonic was acquired by Apple and was closed down. Its services will be relaunched as part of Apple Music but no date has been set for the rollout. For further information on this go to Apple buys classical musical music streamer Primephonic. […]

Background listening comes to YouTube Music

04/10/2021

Background listening comes to YouTube Music which will allow people to continue listening to YouTube Music while using other apps or when your screen is off. Within this, you can engage with the YouTube Music app through an ad-supported, radio-like experience featuring the artists, songs, and albums you love, plus personalized mixes on shuffle – all without the hassle of having to keep the YouTube Music app open on your device. This feature will begin rolling […]

Deezer reveals podcasting trends

02/10/2021

Deezer reveals podcasting trends to showcase its users’ listening trends to celebrate International Podcast Day which happened on 30th September. Deezer reported a huge 61% increase in audio content streams in the last year with a 40% growth of podcast active users in the same time period. The shows that have captured the world’s attention in 2021 include TED Talks Daily, which took no.1 position in 2021. This was followed by The Daily, Distractible, All […]

Go straight to your music with Spotify Tap

01/10/2021

Go straight to your music with Spotify Tap and start streaming exactly where you left off with one tap. Instead of turning on your phone’s Bluetooth, placing it in your pocket, shoving the buds in your ear, juggling your coffee to the other hand, and finally, reaching back into your pocket to grab your phone again to open up your Spotify app and press play – you can simply launch your next listening session with […]