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Music-streaming platform Spotify launches 'New Year's Hub' playlist
Some 82,000 New Year's Eve playlists were created between December 25, 2021 and January 31, 2022, and around 40,000 playlists were created on New Year's night itself
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Spotify working on HealthKit integration to provide workout playlists
Spotify could choose and suggest specific songs based on the types of exercises logged by users or even their speed
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Spotify's Anchor app may be rebranded as 'Spotify Creator Studio'
Last month, Spotify added a one-button voice isolation feature in its Anchor app for podcast creators
Music streaming app Spotify to bid farewell to several of its audio shows
In April, the Swedish audio service had integrated its live audio capabilities from its companion app, Spotify Greenroom, into its main app itself
Spotify expands audiobooks to more countries beyond US: Details here
Audiobooks shows up with a lock icon on the play button, indicating that users have to purchase it in order to listen
Spotify adds audio enhancement feature for podcast creators: Details here
Users can simply record in the Anchor mobile app and tap 'Enhance' to significantly reduce background noise for a clearer-sounding episode
Spotify & Google starts testing 'User Choice Billing' on Android devices
All the Android users will soon have the choice, how they want to pay for their Spotify subscription in the best suitable way
Spotify introduces new Apple Watch app to enhance user experience
The music streaming platform mentioned that the users have to make sure to update the application to the latest version
Spotify says Apple destroying its audiobook store by 'choking competition'
Leading music streaming platform Spotify has said that Apple is ruining its audiobook store by "choking competition"
Spotify to allow users to post audio reactions to music playlists
Swedish music streaming platform Spotify is working on a new feature to let users post audio comments or reactions to music playlists
Spotify premium customers to get separate play, shuffle buttons
Audio streaming service Spotify is completely separating its play and shuffle buttons, however, this feature will only be available for its Premium subscribers.
Short-video leader TikTok now plans own music streaming service
After dominating the short-video format market andAgiving jitters to Meta (formerly Facebook), TikTok parent company ByteDance is now eyeing the music streaming market with launching 'TikTok Music'
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Spotify's quarterly revenue, user growth beats expectations in Q2
Premium subscribers, which account for most of the company's revenue, rose to 188 million, beating analysts' expectations of 187 million
Spotify expands video podcasts for creators in non-English speaking nations
Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced to expand video podcasts for creators in six non-English speaking nations countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico
Spotify acquires Heardle, Wordle-inspired music trivia sensation game
Popular music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it has acquired an interactive music trivia game Heardle
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Spotify to reduce new hiring by 25% amid global market volatility: Report
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is reportedly reducing new hiring by at least 25 per cent as tech companies navigate through volatile market conditions globally
Spotify to slow hiring by 25% amid economic uncertainty, shares rise 7.1%
The world's largest on-demand audio service has been on a hiring spree for years, adding more than 2,000 employees between 2019 and 2021
Spotify expects to reach $100 bn in revenue in 10 years; shares rise 5%
The company said it has committed more than $1 billion on podcasting and expects podcast revenue to increase materially this year from the $215 million it made last year
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Massive podcast outage after Spotify fails to renew security certificate
Due to an outage on podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week.
