The craze for Lite/ trimmed down apps these days is racing ahead, and now it is Spotify whose Lite app has made its way to Play Store. However, the implementation isn’t exactly the greatest, and it is missing a lot of crucial features from the main. Continue reading “Spotify Lite with basic functionality released for Android”
Instagram today is rolling a bunch of new features including GoPro, Spotify integration, Video calls, AR camera effects and more. Instagram now allows users to post directly to Instagram Stories from apps like Spotify and GoPro, it also mentioned that it will bring the ability to share to Stories to many other apps in the future. Continue reading “Instagram Stories gets GoPro and Spotify integration, Video calls, AR camera effects and more”
Earlier this month there were reports about Spotify working on a new free version of its music streaming services. Falling in line with the reports, the company today unveiled a new improved Spotify free version. This new version lets you discover music more efficiently and is also more personalized. Continue reading “Spotify improves free version with new design, data saver, personalized recommendations”
According to new report from Bloomberg, Spotify is said to be working on new version of its free music service which also happens to be the first big product change since the company went public some while ago. For customers with mobile phones, the company is said to be tweaking the free service to make it easier to use. Continue reading “Spotify said to be planning a new version of its free music service”
Spotify is currently said to be testing native voice search in the iOS app that is possibly suggesting integration with a Spotify-built smart speaker. A spokesperson has confirmed the same to TechCrunch saying the testing is ‘just for now.’ Continue reading “Spotify said to be testing native voice search, possibly suggesting smart speaker”
At the investors day presentation, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek confirmed that the company is working launching its services in India. Apart from India, the company is also working on bringing its services to other major markets in the world like Russia, and Africa which according to Daniel has rich musical culture. Continue reading “Spotify working on launching its music streaming service in India soon confirms CEO Daniel Ek”
Spotify has acquired sound identification startup Sonalytic. The UK based firm specializes in audio and music recognition system. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading “Spotify acquires sound identification startup Sonalytic”
Spotify, the popular US based music streaming service is exploring entry in Indian markets, as per a latest report from TechCrunch. The move comes from the service as part of it’s expansion plans for Asia.
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Spotify is all set to introduce a new service on its mobile apps this week, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The US-based popular streaming service is rolling out a video service on its Android and iOS app.
Continue reading “Spotify Video service rolling out to Android and iOS this week”
Chromecast owners are also being treated to Black Friday deals. If you are the owner of a Chromecast, then you are eligible to get 3 months free subscription of Spotify Premium.
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Sony and Spotify have teamed up to bring a new music streaming service that is dubbed as PlayStation Music. The latest service will replace the existing Sony Music Unlimited service.
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Xiaomi has hired Spotify’s Donovan Sung to lead international product development, according to a latest report from TechCrunch. The report comes weeks after the Chinese telecom maker hired Jai Mani as lead product manager in India.
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Spotify made its iOS and Android apps free back in December last year that doesn’t require you to buy premium subscription for listening music. Today the company has announced that it has updated its Windows Phone app offering free access to Spotify. This introduces shuffle play that lets you play any artist, album, or playlist in shuffle mode. Free access to Spotify is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps in select markets worldwide where it is live. Continue reading “Spotify for Windows Phone finally goes free”
Samsung and Spotify have teamed up to make its easy for users to listen to Spotify on Samsung speakers. The latest partnership will let more than 10 million premium Spotify users control their Samsung Shape wireless audio-multiroom speakers straight from the Spotify app.
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Spotify, one of the world’s leading streaming music services, has long neglected the Windows Phone platform, even when it already had an archaic version for the yesteryear Windows Phone 7 operating system, but times are a changing. A much needed makeover has finally happened and the update is now available for all Windows Phone 8 users. The update not only includes a visual makeover, but also new features of the service like “Spotify Radio”, a Pandora-like auto-recommendations. But the biggest catch is, the app still requires you to have a premium account, whereas free streaming is available on other platforms since the end of last year. We should hopefully see another update to address this issue.
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