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Deezer and Sonos enter long-term partnership

17/02/2023

Deezer and Sonos enter long-term partnership to power the brand’s streaming radio service Sonos Radio and its subscription service Sonos Radio HD. The collaboration will provide a catalogue of music that is curated for Sonos customers and furthers Deezer’s strategy of focusing on partnership-led expansion to deliver growth opportunities in the US and other markets globally. Deezer now has more than 45 partners and 80 hardware integrations worldwide. Beginning April 2023, Deezer will deliver key […]

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic

02/06/2021

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic according to the Infinite Dial 2021 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital. The research carried out in February 2021 surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1001 people aged 18 and older. It found that 27% of Canadians 12+ own a smart speaker, up one percentage point from 2020, and smart speaker households in Canada now own an average of 1.8 of the devices, up from 1.7 in 2020. […]

Voice control comes to Deezer on Apple HomePods

07/05/2021

Voice control comes to Deezer on Apple HomePod and HomePod mini and is now available for Premium, HiFi, Family and Student plan subscribers. Currently 70% of smart speaker owners use voice control to regularly play music and Deezer users can make this their default music service. Then just ask Siri to play any song from their global catalogue of 73 million tracks. All paying subscribers with iOS 14.3 and above and the latest software on […]

Sonos S2 app released

09/06/2020

Sonos S2 app released in both Android and iOS versions which will enable HiRes audio and other advanced features such as Dolby Atmos support in the recently launched Sonos Arc, Sonos Five and the updated Sonos Sub. Users with the existing S1 app will receive a notification of the upgrade but which can be deferred. All favourites and settings will be transferred to the S2 app when the upgrade is performed. Sonos S2 app features […]

Get an Echo Dot for $0.99 with Amazon Music

28/10/2019

Get an Echo Dot for $0.99 with Amazon Music Unlimited when you subscribe for 1 month with Auto-renewal. The usual list price is $57.98 but with the deal it works out to $8.98 saving you $49.00 (85%). To sign up for this offer go here. Amazon Echo Dot features Fabric design and improved speaker for richer and louder sound Voice control your music – Stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Sirius XM, and […]