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As part of its quarterly earnings announcement, Spotify revealed that it now has 422 million monthly active users, up 19 percent year-over-year (YOY).

Spotify is now allowing content creators in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK to publish video podcasts on the platform.

Spotify announced today that it has updated its curious Car Thing accessory with several useful new features.

Google announced that Spotify will be the first Android app to be allowed to use its own billing system instead of Google Play’s.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify said that it now has over 406 million monthly average users, up 18 percent year-over-year.

Having missed its self-imposed 2021 deadline for a lossless tier of its music service, Spotify now says it has no idea when it will be ready.

In a dubious move, Spotify today issued a “call to action” for podcasters to create interactive displays ads that will appear over ad reads.

Spotify confirmed this weekend that it is retiring the Car View feature of its mobile app, which made it easier to use while driving.

It sounds like a little thing, but it’s odd that Spotify defaulted to shuffle play for albums. That is, until Adele stepped in.

Microsoft’s Panos Panay has teased a coming Windows 11 feature called Focus sessions that will include, among other things, Spotify integration.

Microsoft announced some big video-related updates to the Apple TV and Spotify apps on Xbox Series X|S, plus some new media apps.

Apple’s push into hi-res, lossless, and spatial audio has already upended the market, with Amazon lowering its prices to match and Spotify in an uncertain place.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify this week said that it now has over 356 million monthly active users, up 24 percent year-over-year.

Spotify announced today that it plans to release Spotify HiFi, a lossless audio tier of its music streaming service, sometime in 2021.

Spotify has quietly entered the market for audiobooks and is now offering 9 titles for free through its mobile and web apps.

As I’ve written in the past, it’s next to impossible to access your own music files with Spotify, the world’s most popular music service.

Because of the failure of its strategy to position Xbox One as an all-in-one entertainment device, Microsoft is taking a different tack with Xbox Series X|S.

Spotify reported that its subscriber base grew to 320 million monthly active users (MAUs), with 144 million paying for a Premium account.

Apple TV+ will be among several top-tier media services available on the PlayStation 5 when it launches next month, Sony said today.

Spotify has already issued an antitrust complaint about Apple One, Apple’s bundling of its own online services.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify announced this week that it now has nearly 300 million monthly average users (MAUs).

Spotify has added a Premium Duo Subscription for couples in 55 markets, complementing its individual and Family plans.

Spotify complains a lot about Apple’s closed ecosystem. But Sonos co-founder John MacFarlane says that Spotify is even worse.

Spotify beat financial estimates and revealed that it now has over 130 million paid subscribers and 286 million monthly active users.

Spotify is the most popular streaming music service, but it wasn’t the first, and it most certainly isn’t the best. How does anyone use this thing?

A new report claims that online music streaming grew 32 percent in 2019 to 358 million subscribers. Spotify is the market leader.

Faced with antitrust scrutiny, Apple has taken its first step back from its controversial 30 percent fee on in-app purchases.