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Spotify Wrapped 2022 is here; Check out your favourite song, artist, and personality of this year

By analysing all songs you have played throughout the year, it will select top 5 artists of yours. Moreover, it will give you a personality depending on your music preference.

Dec 01, 2022, 12:55 PM IST

Spotify hits 433 million monthly active users riding on India growth

Spotify said that excluding its impact from Russia exit and the "service outage benefit" it experienced in March, it added 19 million MAUs in the quarter which is its largest quarter in history. 

Jul 28, 2022, 11:16 AM IST

Big Tech urges India to relax new IT rules as Indonesia fixes them

An industry group called Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) representing US-based Big Tech firms have urged India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to make changes in the proposed amendments to the country`s new IT Rules, 2021. 

Jul 20, 2022, 20:11 PM IST

Spotify could soon let users create in-app podcasts with new tools, here’s how it will work

Spotify has announced that it is testing new tools that will allow users to record, edit and publish podcasts directly from the main app.

Jul 02, 2022, 15:10 PM IST

Spotify’s upcoming Community feature to let users see what friends are listening in real-time

Spotify has confirmed that it is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming in real-time. 

Jun 26, 2022, 19:56 PM IST

Spotify Stations app to shut down from May 16

Spotify has not elaborated on the reason behind its decision to shut down Stations. 

May 07, 2022, 14:45 PM IST

Spotify suspends all operations in Russia amid country's attack on Ukraine

Spotify had earlier suspended its paid subscription service in Russia. 

Mar 26, 2022, 16:06 PM IST

Music can be a way of living, says Prince Sahu

When you subscribe to a service like Spotify, Tidal, or Apple Music, you receive unlimited access to millions of songs - it's like owning every piece of music on the planet in many respects. However, that illusion only lasts as long as you pay your bills on time. If you cancel your subscription, you will lose immediate access to all of your music.

Jan 22, 2022, 21:23 PM IST

Spotify to take on TikTok, Instagram Reels with vertical feed of music videos

Spotify is testing a new feature in its mobile app that basically adds a vertical feed of music videos like TikTok that users can scroll through to find something they like.

Nov 25, 2021, 17:32 PM IST

Spotify rolls out real-time lyrics feature globally

Spotify has rolled out its real-time lyrics feature globally. 

Nov 18, 2021, 23:52 PM IST

Justin Bieber becomes Spotify's most listened to artist

Pop singer Justin Bieber has become Spotify's most streamed artist of all time with an average of more than 83.3 million monthly listeners.

Aug 29, 2021, 13:02 PM IST

Spotify’s 'What's New' feed tracks latest music, podcast releases

The feed, which is rolling out globally over the coming weeks on iOS and Android, will be accessible via a new bell icon on the top right of the app`s home screen.

Jul 27, 2021, 19:08 PM IST

Spotify brings download songs feature to Apple Watch

The newly launched feature is especially helpful when the smartphone of Apple Watch users isn’t around. 

May 22, 2021, 07:23 AM IST

Spotify adds new 'Timestamp' feature to ease sharing of specific part of podcast

Audio streaming platform Spotify introduced a new feature of podcast timestamp sharing that will let a user podcast episode beginning at any particular moment that one wants his/her friends to listen to.

May 13, 2021, 16:43 PM IST

Spotify unveils podcast subscription platform to challenge Apple

Spotify, the world's most popular paid music streaming service, said it won't take a commission from podcast creators` subscriber revenue for the next two years and planned to charge a 5% fee starting in 2023. Online stores such as Apple's app store usually charge developers a fee for purchases made on their platforms.

Apr 27, 2021, 23:05 PM IST

Spotify to unveil podcast subscription service soon

Similarly, you won't be able to purchase Spotify podcast subscriptions through Apple. Spotify has said it was going to test paid subscriptions for podcasters to allow them to offer exclusive content to subscribers, officially announcing that during its February `Stream On` event. 

Apr 24, 2021, 15:56 PM IST

Apple clarifies over default music service feature for iOS 14.5 beta version

iOS 14.5 beta which released back in February appeared to have a long-awaited feature. It seemed users would be able to set Spotify or other music services as the default for Siri requests.

Mar 06, 2021, 16:22 PM IST

Now Spotify will filter your liked songs by mood and genre: Check out this new feature

To access these filters, users need to have at least 30 liked tracks in their collections and will be able to filter the favorite songs by up to 15 personalized mood and genre categories. Also, a user can remove that filter whenever he/she likes and swap in a new one. 

Feb 26, 2021, 13:45 PM IST

Spotify unveils Instagram like “Clips” for all artists: Here’s how it works

With this feature,  artists can put up short videos to “share intimate moments” with their fans on select Spotify playlists. Spotify listeners will be asked to tap on the display picture of the artist which will have a green circle around it and a prompt to “Tap to see the story.”

Feb 23, 2021, 23:30 PM IST

Spotify partners with Chernin Entertainment to adapt podcasts for movies

The partnership will include access to more than 250 Spotify originals from around the world.

Sep 26, 2020, 23:47 PM IST