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Spotify adds downloading to your Apple Watch

27/05/2021

Spotify adds downloading to your Apple Watch giving you the ability to download your favourite playlists, albums, and podcasts. All users are already able to play tracks, albums, playlists, and podcasts, and now Premium subscribers will also be able to download everything they’re listening to for a true offline and phone-free experience. This is on top of all the other Spotify features on Apple Watch from Connect & Control to streaming to Siri. The new […]

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility

22/05/2021

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility with three updates to its iOS and Android apps: buttons with increased readability features, options for text resizing, and a beta for podcast transcripts. These will all be rolling out in the coming weeks. Improved buttons When you use Spotify, you’re constantly tapping buttons to shuffle a playlist or start a listening session. The colour, text formatting and size of these buttons has been changed to make it easier for low-vision and visually […]

Deezer brings downloads to your Apple Watch

22/05/2021

Deezer brings downloads to your Apple Watch with an updated app available for users with paid subscriptions. To use the download mode, choose a playlist. It can be from an existing editorial playlist, a personalized playlist you’ve created or one you’ve favourited. Once you’re finished, you can download them to the Deezer app on your Apple Watch. As soon as your download is complete, they are ready to be played. The offline app functionality allows […]

Lossless audio to come to Apple Music

17/05/2021

Lossless audio to come to Apple Music subscribers in June 2021 at no additional cost. Apple announced two new product lines – Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio. Spatial Audio Spatial Audio will have support for Dolby Atmos – a revolutionary, immersive audio experience that enables artists to mix music so the sound comes from all around and from above. By default, Apple Music will automatically play Dolby Atmos tracks on all AirPods and Beats headphones […]

New ways to share Spotify on social media

16/05/2021

New ways to share Spotify on social media have been rolled out to join the existing Group Session and Collaborative Playlists features. You will be able to share your favourite track or podcast episode with your friends through your social media channels. iOS and Android users globally can look forward to three new ways to share what you love. New podcast timestamp sharing With new podcast timestamp sharing, you can now share podcast episodes beginning at […]

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 […]

New Pandora Home Screen widget

02/05/2021

A new Pandora Home Screen widget for iOS and iPadOS is available now making it easier for users to enjoy their favourite music and podcasts on Apple devices. iOS and iPadOS users can now customize their device by selecting from 3 sizes of the new Pandora widget to easily view and play as many as 7 of their most recently played songs, albums, stations, playlists, and podcasts right from their home screen. How to add […]