Spotify’s elusive lossless music experience is being teased again, this time based on code uncovered by The Verge in recent builds of the Spotify app for Android. More than three years have elapsed since Spotify announced its intention to offer a “HiFi” premium option that would give users access to a catalog of CD-quality music … Read more
Spotify is reportedly working on adding remixing tools to its streaming service, giving users a way to reimagine their favorite tracks. The news comes from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) whose sources state people will be able to “speed up, mash-up, and otherwise edit songs” however they want. The article explains that one of the … Read more
You can queue songs in Apple Music so that the tracks you want to hear play automatically, one after another. You don’t need to wait for the song to end and manually play the next one. I also have a pro tip for clearing the queue if you want to start over, because Apple Music … Read more
The iPhone continues to be overwhelmingly popular with teens, according to Piper Sandler’s biannual teen survey. 85 percent of U.S. teens surveyed own an iPhone, and 86 percent plan to purchase an iPhone as their next smartphone. While the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone among teens, ownership is down from the October 2023 … Read more
Apple today updated its App Store guidelines to comply with an anti-steering mandate levied by the European Commission. Music streaming apps like Spotify are now permitted to include a link or buy button that leads to a website with information about alternative music purchasing options, though this is only permitted in the European Economic Area. … Read more
OpenAI recently published a music video for the song Worldweight by August Kamp made entirely by their text-to-video engine, Sora. You can check out the whole thing on the company’s official YouTube channel and it’s pretty trippy, to say the least. Worldweight consists of a series of short clips in a wide 8:3 aspect ratio … Read more
Last updated: April 3rd, 2024 at 14:44 UTC+02:00 In September 2023, Google added a comments section to YouTube Music. It hasn’t even been a year since then and the company is now updating the comments section in the YouTube Music app for Android and iOS with a new design (via 9To5Google). Up until now, when … Read more
Last updated: April 1st, 2024 at 12:11 UTC+02:00 Google is updating the YouTube Music app for Android with a redesigned share sheet, which looks more organized/sophisticated and takes up much less space on the display compared to the older one (via 9To5Google). The new share sheet design is the same as the one found in … Read more
Last updated: March 28th, 2024 at 09:36 UTC+01:00 Earlier this year, Samsung announced its first one-of-a-kind wireless speaker called the Music Frame at CES 2024. It can be used as a standalone wireless speaker or paired with a Samsung TV or a combination of a Samsung TV and a Samsung soundbar. After launching it in … Read more
Philips Hue parent company Signify today announced an expanded relationship with Samsung, bringing the Philips Hue Sync TV app to additional countries, adding a Music Mode, and introducing a monthly subscription option. As of last year, Samsung TV owners have been able to download a Philips Hue Sync app that allows Samsung smart TVs to … Read more