You can now set Spotify as your default Podcast player on Google Assistant
As spotted a few days ago Google was rolling out functionality for setting up a default Podcast player in Assistant settings. Now Spotify has been added into that list, making Spotify the first official third party podcasting service on...
Spotify Duo appears for couples, same services just a touch cheaper!
Spotify is the king of streaming music, with a truly staggering userbase of both free and paying users. For many of those paying users, there are several people in the same house accessing the service -- which was...
Spotify takes YouTube Music’s lead and rolls out real-time lyrics — but not to...
Spotify has been testing real time lyrics synced to music in some areas for a while now and now it seems that the feature is leaving the beta stage and is being rolled out. Techcrunch are reporting that...
Spotify set to follow YouTube Music into tabbed browsing, including video
Spotify is the biggest streaming music provider around and has a very loyal client base. That being said, it's hardly surprising that when one of their competitors has a great feature that Spotify don't - it makes its...
Opinion: Spotify just made a first strike against the open podcast ecosystem, they may...
Open source, open standards -- it shouldn't come as a big surprise that we're strong supporters of open technology, after all the foundations of Android is open source. Unfortunately, for the capitalist machine open and interoperable normally is at...
Spotify free accounts can now be used on Amazon Echo speakers
Following closely behind Sonos offering use of free Spotify accounts, Amazon Echo speakers now share the same functionality. This is a big shot in the arm for current Echo speaker users as well as those considering investing in...
You can now ask your Google Assistant speaker to play recommended Spotify music
Sometimes when you listen to music on your home speakers you want to listen to something different, discover some new music and until now you have been unable to get your Assistant to play recommended music from Spotify. ...
Spotify brings lyrics for some songs to smart displays
Spotify seems set to follow (in part at least) in the footsteps of the Google Play Music platform on smart displays, rolling out function to display song lyrics and the stories behind the songs.
The heads up came from Ausdroid...
Spotify trialling a system where artists can pay to send you notifications
Anyone else get the feeling that this could blow up quickly? Spotify is trialling a new system in the USA where artists can pay to send users notifications.
Clearly this is about getting ears listening to newly released music and...
Sick of Google Play Music? Here’s how to migrate your albums, tracks, playlists and...
Perhaps you're sick of Google's approach to various platforms. Perhaps you just want a service that's better maintained, or won't be killed off in a year or two to be replaced by a (currently) well inferior product. Whatever your...
Spotify remove its Android widget with no “immediate plans to reintroduce”
Sometimes you really have to wonder what goes through the heads of some companies and developers. You suspect that they must have reasons behind their design and feature choices but there is always people who are left disappointed...
Spotify adds a sleep timer function to its Android app
It's not a sexy new feature or brand new UI overhaul, but a sleep timer on Spotify is a welcome quality of life feature. If you like to fall asleep to music playing from your phone, this new update...
Google and Spotify offering free Google Home Mini to Spotify family accounts
Anyone who uses streaming music regularly will be familiar with the big players who are all working to give themselves an advantage over the others. Spotify has found a way by teaming up with Google to offer a free...
Spotify look to ban users who use ad blockers
There's a huge number of users on Spotify who use only the free accounts because they essentially get what they want from a streaming service without paying for it. The biggest problem for many of these users is...
With Spotify’s recent aquisitions, there’s huge benefits for podcasters everywhere
In case you’ve been living under a rock - you’ve likely seen the massive news that Spotify has acquired podcast production company Gimlet Media for a reported $230 Million USD and their surprise acquisition of podcast app Anchor for...