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fromGSMArena.com
2 days ago

Spotify update puts lyrics right in your Now Playing screen

If you use Spotify and enjoy looking up lyrics for songs, you'll be happy. Spotify is rolling out an update that brings lyrics up into the Now Playing screen and right into view. The update is apparently a server-side one and has been spotted by a few Reddit users. They began noticing the current song lyric showing up just under the album art in the Now Playing main screen.
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#group-chats
fromEngadget
3 days ago

Spotify has a group messaging feature now

Spotify is adding group chats to the messaging service it premiered last year. In an addendum to the original blog post introducing Messages, the company announced that users can initiate chats with up to 10 of their friends to share the podcasts, playlists and songs they are listening to. The in-app messaging feature, which was released last August, works to keep users on the app instead of navigating to another platform to share content with friends.
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fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Spotify says it paid out $11 billion in royalties in 2025

It's an impressive-sounding number that's a full $1 billion more than it paid last year. And, according to Spotify, that accounts for roughly 30 percent of the entire recording industry's revenue. And, according to Spotify, that accounts for roughly 30 percent of the entire recording industry's revenue. This figure, however, is purely a measure of royalties paid to the music industry and does not include merch or ticket sales, nor does it include audiobook royalties or podcasting deals.
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fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Spotify paid out a record $11 billion into the music industry last year

Spotify paid over $11 billion in one year, totaling nearly $70 billion in payouts, fueling streaming revenue growth and increasing artist earnings.
#ai-playlists
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Music

Spotify's Prompted Playlists took over for me at a party - and didn't disappoint

fromZDNET
1 week ago
Music

Spotify's Prompted Playlists took over for me at a party - and didn't disappoint

#annas-archive
#prompted-playlist
fromGSMArena.com
1 week ago
Mobile UX

Spotify's Prompted Playlist feature expands to North America

Spotify's Prompted Playlist lets Premium users in US and Canada generate playlists by describing desired music in natural language, using listening history and refresh/edit options.
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Music

Spotify's Prompted Playlists feel like a smarter way to discover music - how it works

Spotify launches Prompted Playlist that builds playlists from user prompts, listening history, and trends; beta available to Premium users in the US and Canada.
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Music

Spotify's Prompted Playlists feel like a smarter way to discover music - how it works

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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada | TechCrunch

Spotify launches Prompted Playlists for Premium users in the U.S. and Canada, using AI to create playlists from conversational, detailed user prompts.
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

They're accused of stealing 86 million. (Songs.)

In an audacious action starting to attract media attention, last month a group of piracy actors called Anna's Archive copied about 86 million music files from Spotify. The intention was to release the hoard on the BitTorrent file-sharing platform. All three of the major labels (UMG, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group), along with Spotify, launched the unsurprising lawsuit in September. The presiding judge, Jed . Rakoff, issued an injunction (HERE).
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#subscription-pricing
fromZDNET
1 week ago
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Spotify got another price increase, but I found a cheaper alternative (with the same Premium benefits)

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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Spotify raises its subscription prices in the U.S. again | TechCrunch

Spotify raised the U.S. individual subscription price from $11.99 to $12.99, marking the third U.S. increase in three years.
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fromGSMArena.com
2 months ago

Spotify to raise US subscription prices in Q1 2026

Spotify will increase US Premium subscription prices in Q1 2026 to boost sustained profitability and align with record labels' demands amid inflation.
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Music

Spotify got another price increase, but I found a cheaper alternative (with the same Premium benefits)

#page-match
fromGSMArena.com
1 week ago
Mobile UX

Spotify's Page Match will let you sync your progress between audiobooks and physical books

Spotify is developing Page Match, a bidirectional feature that maps physical book pages to exact audiobook positions and vice versa, requiring audiobook ownership on Spotify.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago
Gadgets

Spotify is testing a feature that syncs audiobooks with paper editions

Spotify is developing Page Match to sync physical book pages with audiobook timestamps via OCR, enabling seamless switching between reading and listening.
#price-increase
fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
Music

Spotify is raising prices again - but I found a cheaper way to pay for it (and other alternatives)

fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
Music

Spotify is raising prices again - but these alternatives will cost you less

fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
Music

Spotify is raising prices again - but I found a cheaper way to pay for it (and other alternatives)

fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
Music

Spotify is raising prices again - but these alternatives will cost you less

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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Spotify just announced another price hike. Here's what's really driving it

Spotify increased U.S. subscription prices again, raising Premium to $12.99 and boosting student, Duo, and Family plan rates.
#subscription-price-increase
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fromGSMArena.com
2 weeks ago

Spotify gains a new UI for Android tablets

Spotify updated its Android tablet UI with a resizable right-side media player and a bottom navigation bar containing Home, Search, Library, and Create.
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fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Spotify is getting a buck more expensive in February

Spotify is raising premium subscription prices in February by $1–$2, increasing Individual to $13, Student to $7, Duo to $19, and Family to $22.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

2 tools to break free from Spotify's stale music playlists

And, make no mistake, they will be five songs you're really into right now, because that's how many of these services work-and it's not because everyone else has the same taste in music as you. For instance, any Spotify playlist that says "created for" in the header is catered to the individual user, based on their listening history. There's nothing wrong with that, necessarily-it can be nice to know you're going to hear songs you like. But there are downsides.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Cafe Tacvba asks its former labels to remove its music from Spotify, citing 'band ethics'

Café Tacvba urges Universal and Warner Music Mexico to remove its catalog from Spotify over ethical concerns about investments, ads, and AI use.
#ice-recruitment-ads
#ice-recruitment
#ice
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fromStreetsblog
3 weeks ago

Streetsblog California/Los Angeles' Podcasts Are Now Available on Spotify and Apple - Streetsblog California

Streetsblog added StreetSmart and SGV Connect to Spotify and StreetSmart to Apple Podcasts; SGV Connect and a StreetSmart AMA episode are coming soon.
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fromGSMArena.com
3 weeks ago

Spotify now lets you share what you're listening to with your friends in real time

Spotify adds opt-in Listening activity in Messages showing real-time or recent tracks to connected contacts, plus Request to Jam for live, invite-based group listening.
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Spotify now lets you share what you're listening to in real time via chat

Spotify is rolling out more social features to keep people on the platform. It's adding a new tool to its messaging platform that lets users see what their friends and family members are listening to in real time. Once activated, a user's listening activity will be displayed at the top of the chat. The other person in the chat can tap the bar to play a particular track, save it or react with an emoji.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others | TechCrunch

ChatGPT now supports app integrations so users can link accounts (e.g., Spotify) for the assistant to access data and perform app-specific actions.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Christmas music driving you nuts? Why holiday playlists are everywhere

Holiday music consumption surged in 2023: Spotify U.S. holiday playlists created in October rose 60% and U.S. on-demand holiday streams increased 27% to 8.3 billion.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify

Anna's Archive has archived audio of roughly 86 million songs and scraped metadata for nearly the entire Spotify catalog to create a preservation archive.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Pirate group Anna's Archive says it has scraped 86 million songs from Spotify | TechCrunch

Anna's Archive scraped nearly all Spotify metadata and archived about 86 million tracks (~300 TB), plans torrents; Spotify disabled accounts and implemented safeguards.
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Sirius XM Generates Shrinking Revenue as Spotify Hits Profitability Inflection

Sirius XM generates steady satellite-radio cash with high dividend and heavy debt while Spotify achieves rapid profitability and margin expansion from streaming and podcasts.
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fromRAIN News
1 month ago

U.S. government threatens Europe with action against firms including Spotify

USTR warned the EU and some Member States of potential retaliatory measures against discriminatory actions targeting U.S. service providers, listing Spotify among affected companies.
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fromFortune
1 month ago

Apple Music Just Did in Six Months What Took Spotify Six Years | Fortune

Apple Music reached 10 million subscribers six months after launching, with subscriptions rising after an initial 11 million free-trial sign-ups.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Meta is rolling out Conversation Focus and AI-powered Spotify features to its smart glasses

Meta's smart glasses add Conversation Focus voice amplification and view-based Spotify playback, rolling out first to early-access users on Ray-Ban and Oakley frames.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Spotify has stopped working for thousands of users

Downdetector is showing over 10,000 reports. My boyfriend texted me those dreaded four words: "Is your Spotify down?" Sure enough his, mine and thousands of other users' Spotify accounts appear to be down and out at the moment, with Downdetector recording over 10,000 reports from users.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Spotify's new playlist feature gives users more control over their recommendation algorithm

Spotify launches a beta Prompted Playlist in New Zealand letting users write prompts to generate and auto-update playlists using their entire listening history.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

King Gizzard Responds to Being Impersonated by AI on Spotify: "We Are Truly Doomed"

An AI-generated impostor used a nearly identical name to upload stolen King Gizzard songs on Spotify, exposing major platform vulnerabilities and artist exploitation.
#data-export
#ai-generated-music
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Music

King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs

fromFuturism
1 month ago
Music

King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs

#music-videos
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

Spotify unwraps Wrapped, its annual personalized data product

The primary metric, first to be presented, is listening time for the year ... offered in minutes and days. Following that, we learn that we listened to 387 genres. That surprised us, not because of the range, but because we wouldn't have estimated that 387 music genres exist. We learn about our top genres, with more than a little surprise - and being surprised is one of the most appealing features of this annual exploration.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The dark side of Spotify's Wrapped feature: What your colorful year-end summary hides

Spotify's Wrapped ritual masks algorithmic control that homogenizes music, promotes AI-generated tracks, and allows problematic ads despite surface celebration of diversity.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best music books of 2025

Spotify prioritizes algorithmic curation and profit, treating music as background, harming artists and reducing diversity of new music while offering unmatched convenience.
fromWWD
2 months ago

The Evolution From Community to Fandom on Spotify

Evans said in conversation with Beauty Inc editor in chief and WWD executive editor of beauty Jenny B. Fine. "When we talk about fandom, it really is different than just a community. The defining thing is that as fans or listeners, for your favorite music or podcast, it's how you engage with and interact with your favorite artists, podcasters and creators. So we say that Spotify is made by fans, for fans."
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Spotify simplifies importing playlists from other streaming services

Spotify now offers an in-app playlist transfer tool via a TuneMyMusic integration, enabling unlimited one-way imports from multiple streaming services globally.
#tunemymusic
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fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Watch Robyn debut new single "Dopamine" at intimate Los Angeles show

Robyn debuted her first new single in seven years, "Dopamine", at an intimate Los Angeles show where she performed the new song and older hits.
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fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Spotify Acquires WhoSampled, Announces Expanded Song Credits

Spotify acquired WhoSampled, will launch SongDNA and expanded credits; several artists removed music citing CEO Daniel Ek's defense-industry investments.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Spotify's new features let listeners explore the people and stories behind their favorite music | TechCrunch

The second set of tools is showcased in a new, interactive feature called SongDNA, which shows which songs are being sampled in a given track, who has covered the tune, and what other projects the song's collaborators may have been involved in. TechCrunch reported in October that Spotify was developing the SongDNA feature as a way to help users discover music through a song's credits, after references to the feature were spotted in the app's code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong.
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#audiobooks
fromThe Verge
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Spotify's new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far

fromThe Verge
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Spotify's new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far

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fromRAIN News
2 months ago

From lite to platinum: Spotify's new subscription offers

Spotify is testing three Premium tiers—Lite, Standard, and Platinum—offering ad-free listening with escalating audio quality, features, and household seats.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Spotify introduces a Premium Platinum plan with lossless access in five markets | TechCrunch

For instance, the Premium Lite plan priced at ₹139 per month ($1.57) will get ad-free listening and 160kbps audio quality. The Premium Standard plan, priced at ₹199 per month($2.25), has offline support and 320kbps audio quality. The most costly Premium Platinum plan at ₹299 ($3.37) per month will give users access to the newly launched Lossless tier, along with two other seats that can share the account.
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fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Spotify adds a new, less repetitive shuffle, plus audiobook recaps | TechCrunch

Spotify makes shuffle default to play fewer repeated songs for paid users, delivering more new tracks while preserving an option for standard Smart Shuffle.
#listening-stats
Mobile UX
fromGSMArena.com
2 months ago

Spotify now gives you weekly listening stats

Spotify offers weekly listening stats worldwide, showing top artists and songs, personalized playlists, unique weekly highlights, and shareable listening insights for free and Premium users.
#streaming-fraud
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fromThe Verge
3 months ago

Spotify finally brings video podcasts and music videos to its Apple TV app

Spotify redesigned its Apple TV app with a faster, more visual interface adding music videos, video podcasts, queue management, lyrics, and smartphone playback control.
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fromBarca Universal
3 months ago

Financial figures of Barcelona's new Spotify deal - report | Barca Universal

Barcelona extended Spotify sponsorship to 2030 with improved terms, potentially earning up to €460 million including stadium naming rights through 2034.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Had the #1 Podcast on Spotify Before It Got Taken Down

Nick Fuentes briefly topped Spotify's trending chart before his show was removed for repeated policy violations; Spotify said the podcaster is not banned.
#netflix
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Spotify working on AI music tools with major record labels

The firm said it wanted to make AI tools which "put artists and songwriters first" and respect their copyright. The streaming giant will license music from the three record labels which make up the vast majority of the industry: Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. It is unclear exactly what these AI tools will look like, but Spotify says it has already started working on its first products.
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fromThe Verge
3 months ago

Spotify says it's working with labels on 'responsible' AI music tools

Spotify and major record labels agreed to jointly develop responsible generative AI music products emphasizing artist choice, fair compensation, upfront deals, and artist-fan connection.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Spotify spotted working on a 'SongDNA' feature that showcases the people behind your favorite music | TechCrunch

Spotify is developing SongDNA to let users discover music by exploring song credits and contributor networks.
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