Bandcamp has taken a clearer stance than Spotify regarding AI music. TL;DR Bandcamp has banned music wholly or substantially generated by AI on its platform. This follows months of user feedback on its Reddit posts. Meanwhile, Spotify tries to reassure its subscribers that it does not create, own, promote, or penalize AI music. Following months […]

Spotify Messages allows you to react to your friends’ listening activity with emojis. TL;DR Spotify announces new ‘Request to Jam’ and real-time ‘Listening activity’ features. These will be available to Premium subscribers on iOS and Android from early February. Group chats are expected to launch in the near future. Spotify launched its Messages feature in […]

Spotify is bringing its long-running Listening Activity feature to its mobile apps, so now you can see what your friends are listening to on the streaming service when you’re away from your desk. For years, Spotify’s desktop app has allowed users to check on their friends’ listening habits via a Friend Activity sidebar, but the […]

Spotify Prompted Playlists promises more control over your algorithm. TL;DR Spotify has announced a new playlist-creation tool called Prompted Playlists. This allows you to control your algorithm for the first time and refreshes daily or weekly. The feature is currently available in New Zealand and will roll out globally. Spotify has announced a new playlist-creation […]

Back in September, Algoriddim’s djay apps for Mac and Windows regained Spotify integration, allowing Spotify Premium subscribers to access the service’s full music catalog and their own libraries and playlists, and today that support is expanding to iOS, iPadOS, and Android. Spotify integration across desktop and mobile is available in 56 markets around the world, […]

Spotify has announced music videos are rolling out now to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada, though the feature remains in beta. The catalog currently includes music videos from artists like Ariana Grande, Olivia Dean, BABYMONSTER, Addison Rae, Tyler Childers, Natanael Cano, and Carín León. Spotify says the initial video catalog is « limited » for […]

In March 2024, Spotify started rolling out music videos in beta. Initially, the music streaming platform offered it in 11 markets, then expanded to 85 regions, and yesterday, released it in Canada and the US. Well, Spotify music videos are now available on Samsung TVs as well. Earlier today, when we opened the Spotify app […]

Ever wondered how Spotify Wrapped interprets your listening data TL;DR Spotify’s recent newsroom press release clarifies how your Wrapped listening data is defined. This includes different methodologies for calculating Top Songs, Artists, and Albums. Spotify Wrapped only captures your listening from January 1 until mid-November. Spotify Wrapped launched a week ago, providing listeners with an […]

Apple Music Replay is great for viewing your annual listening habits. TL;DR Apple Music Replay launched on December 2, 2025. This feature compiles your favorite songs, albums, artists, playlists, genres, and stations into playful year-end insights. It also includes new metrics for “Discovery,” “Loyalty,” and “Comebacks”. Apple Music has pipped Spotify Wrapped to the post […]

Spotify Wrapped is like your audio yearbook, summarizing your listening habits over the past year. Whether you’re curious about your most-streamed artist or the genre you couldn’t get enough of, this guide will show you how to see your Spotify Wrapped for the current year and even take a trip down memory lane with past […]

Spotify Wrapped has returned for 2025, and it offers three particularly unique features compared to this year’s edition of Apple Music Replay. First, there is a new top song quiz that allows you to guess which track you listened to the most on Spotify this year, before it is revealed. Second, there is a new […]

Reports suggest Spotify may increase its prices for US Premium subscribers soon. TL;DR A recent report suggests that Spotify may increase its subscription prices for US Premium users in Q1 of 2026. This would be the first price hike for the region since July 2024. Spotify has indirectly raised prices in other territories by altering […]