Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app
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Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app

Spotify upgrades its Apple Watch app with improved playback and download options. You will be able to more easily browse and choose your favourite music and podcasts in Your Library, as well as more quickly download music to listen offline from the watch itself. There’s also a new sleek design with larger artwork, animations, and added functionality – like swiping to like a song. It’s also easier to spot new episodes marked with a blue […]

Samsung users can get 3 months of Spotify for free
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Samsung users can get 3 months of Spotify for free

Samsung users can get 3 months of Spotify for free on Samsung Galaxy mobile devices and Samsung Smart TVs for users who have not already tried Spotify Premium. Spotify and Samsung partnered in 2018 and this has allowed Samsung users to seamlessly connect their devices to Spotify. With the introduction of Spotify Group Session on Google Meet, Spotify Premium users on Android phones can start their listening sessions during a video call with a few […]

Spotify adds personalized Canvas Loops to Home screen
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Spotify adds personalized Canvas Loops to Home screen

Spotify adds personalized Canvas Loops to Home screen in a beta rollout to UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Spotify is adding to it discovery features like Blend which allow you to mash up your musical tastes with friends, family, and even the artists you listen to, Enhance which breathes new life into playlists by adding a personalized collection of songs to your existing picks and Canvas’s visual loops which let you experience songs from your favourite […]

Spotify Car Thing gets new features
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Spotify Car Thing gets new features

Spotify Car Thing gets new features in an upgrade to its smart player that was officially released in February in the US. Car Thing makes it simpler to play exactly what you want, thanks to the intuitive product interface and the ease of using “Hey Spotify” to control what you want to listen to. With these updates, you’ll now be able to answer phone calls on Car Thing, queue songs and podcasts, and display and […]

Instagram to rollout messages with music previews
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Instagram to rollout messages with music previews

Instagram is to rollout messages with music previews as part of a package of seven new messaging features announced this week. You can customize your messaging threads by using these new features: Play, pause, and re-play: Enabled by integrations with Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify coming soon, you can now share a 30-second preview of that song you just can’t get out of your head, and your friends can listen directly from the chat window. […]

Spotify updates its Blend feature
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Spotify updates its Blend feature

Spotify updates its Blend feature allowing you to Blend with up to 10 people in a group whether it’s your running club, favourite co-workers, group chat, book club, or chosen family. You will also be able to Blend with some of your favourite artists. Last year, Spotify took group listening a step further and launched Blend, a shared playlist that combines the best of Spotify’s personalization capabilities and collaborative playlist functionality into a single shared playlist, […]

Spotify combines music and audiobooks to create Bookcasts
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Spotify combines music and audiobooks to create Bookcasts

Spotify combines music and audiobooks to create Bookcasts which blend audio storytelling with original music and sound elements in an immersive listening experience. The song-writing prowess of country icon Dolly Parton has been combined with the skillful storytelling of best-selling author James Patterson to create a unique audio experience which Spotify has christened a ‘Bookcast’. The pair has joined forces to create the Run, Rose, Run Bookcast, which combines their co-authored fiction novel with an original […]