Music Streaming Apps

Spotify Wrapped 2025 highlights Arijit Singh as India's most-streamed artist for seventh straight year, with romance hits, film soundtracks and rising I-Pop acts shaping the country's listening habits

YouTube Music's 2025 Recap adds an AI-powered chat that gives personalised insights into users' yearly listening habits, along with creative, shareable graphics

Spotify has added an "Import your music" option powered by TuneMyMusic, allowing users to move playlists from other streaming apps directly into their Spotify library

Reportedly, YouTube Music is testing a new playlist search option that lets users quickly find songs inside their own playlists

Spotify has introduced lossless audio in India and overhauled its subscription lineup with new Premium plans, reserving FLAC playback and AI features for the top tier. Check plan prices and benefits

Spotify's new "Listening Stats" feature gives users a weekly snapshot of their top songs and artists, acting as a mini version of the annual Wrapped experience

Spotify has confirmed reports of its Android app freezing or crashing when connected to certain Wi-Fi networks, mainly affecting Samsung and Google Pixel users

Google introduces experimental AI hosts in the YouTube Music app, offering stories related to the track playing, trivia, and AI-generated commentary to listening more engaging

Spotify introduces stricter AI rules with voice cloning bans, a new spam filter, and AI credits to protect artists and ensure transparency for listeners

Spotify updates its free tier with new features, giving users more control, personalised playlists, custom covers, and smarter music discovery tools

Reportedly, YouTube Music's Now Playing redesign adds a dual-pane view, compact controls, and an updated Up Next section, rolling out via a server-side update

After a four-year delay, Spotify introduces lossless streaming for Premium subscribers, at no extra cost, in select regions, but Indian availability is still unconfirmed

Amazon Music has reportedly launched Weekly Vibe, an AI-powered playlist that refreshes every Monday with personalised tracks, in the US. Its rollout in India remains uncertain

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Spotify's new Messages feature lets users share music, podcasts, and audiobooks in one-on-one chats, rolling out to free and paid users in select markets

Earlier in August, the Swedish firm said it would increase the monthly price of its premium individual subscription in some markets from September

YouTube Music marks a decade with taste match playlists, fan badges, comments, and concert updates, which brings music discovery and social interaction closer

For the first time since its 2019 debut in India, Spotify has raised subscription costs, with the Family plan seeing the steepest increase at nearly 28 per cent

Spotify may reportedly launch its long-awaited Hi-Fi audio support soon with FLAC-based lossless streaming and headphone optimisation, according to app UI findings

Non-featured artists power India's biggest songs, but remain unpaid and unnamed and in the age of digital streaming, their fight is for credit and a fair share in royalties