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A US Congressman tried (and failed) to fake his Spotify Wrapped for political gain
14 Dec

A US Congressman tried (and failed) to fake his Spotify Wrapped for political gain

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There are some things you just don’t do in certain parts of the US. You don’t use inferior salsa during a cattle drive in Texas. You don’t eat pizza with a knife and fork in New York City. You don’t yell “Belichick is a big, fat cheater!” in a crowded Boston bar (even if it happens to be true).And if you’re in New Jersey or just America in general, you NEVER take the holy name of Bruce Springsteen in vain in ANY manner. So it’s bewildering why one New Jersey representative would even think about faking his listening habits when…
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Engadget Wrapped: The music we listened to the most in 2024
07 Dec

Engadget Wrapped: The music we listened to the most in 2024

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Spotify's 2024 Wrapped results arrived this week, and while the whole package seems a bit thin compared to previous years, we're still getting a kick out of seeing our listening habits laid bare. Apple Music also dropped its annual Replay, and Tidal's 2024 Rewind has landed, so non-Spotify users have some data to pore over too. For those among us who don't use any of the big streaming apps, well, it's still a nice time to reflect on personal favorites from this year.Here are some of the Engadget team's most listened-to songs, artists and albums in 2024 (and how we…
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Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits
04 Dec

Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits

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Spotify Wrapped’s animated yearly recap of your listening habits—at once beloved and reviled—is back again. But in 2024, the flashy visuals will be accompanied by a brand-new audio add-on crafted with artificial intelligence.Starting today, Spotify users will now get the chance to listen to their annual report as a personalized, AI-powered podcast, in which two synthetic hosts discuss the user’s most-played tracks and favorite artists with enthusiasm.The new podcast recap is powered by Google’s NotebookLM. If you’ve used Google’s AI tool to generate an audio podcast about a topic you’re researching, then the two AI-generated voices in the Wrapped podcast…
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Spotify will now save your listening history for up to 90 days
26 Nov

Spotify will now save your listening history for up to 90 days

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Spotify just announced that it’s begun rolling out a new “Recents” page that keeps tabs on everything you’ve been listening to. This section of the app will hold onto content for up to 90 days and integrates with music, podcasts and even audiobooks. The page also keeps an eye on saved content.The platform says this should be useful for “picking up a paused podcast, finding last week’s earworm or finally playing that saved album or audiobook.” This page replaces the “Listening History” tab and will work for both free and Premium subscribers.All you have to do is tap on your…
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Spotify expands its audiobook library via a deal with publisher Bloomsbury
22 Nov

Spotify expands its audiobook library via a deal with publisher Bloomsbury

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Spotify is expanding its audiobook selection thanks to a deal with publisher Bloomsbury, adding over 1,000 books from authors like Sarah J Maas, Alan Moore and Ann Patchett. The new titles are arriving just a day after Spotify introduced new tools for audiobooks, like playlists, visual accompaniments and a sleep timer.Some of the new audiobooks include fantasies for adults like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke), award winners including Cuddy by Benjamin Myers and kids adventure books like Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures. The new collection also includes non-fiction titles by historians like Peter Frankopan and Want, an anthology collected…
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Spotify is now the default music player in the Opera One browser
19 Nov

Spotify is now the default music player in the Opera One browser

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It has long been possible to listen to music from within Opera's browser. If you go down its sidebar, you'll see a player icon where you can choose from Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer and then log into any of them with your account details. But now Opera has teamed up with Spotify and has made the music streaming service the default option on the company's flagship browser with generative AI features, Opera One.After logging into your account and activating the player, you'll be able to detach it from the sidebar and move it around the screen to a place…
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‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music
28 Oct

‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music

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Not all AI tools are the generate-from-scratch types like Google’s MusicFX, Suno, and Udio that independent creators like Hatcher use—there are also ones for extracting stems, for mixing and mastering, and for brainstorming lyrics, all of which are finding user bases amongst hobbyists as well as professional producers. Sam Hollander, a pop hitmaker who has worked with Panic! at the Disco and Flava Flav, compares AI to the explosion of drum machines in the ’80s, and how session drummers had to adapt and learn programming if they wanted to continue to work.Giving a typical example of where AI fits into…
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You can now add songs to Spotify straight from Instagram posts
19 Oct

You can now add songs to Spotify straight from Instagram posts

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With short-form videos becoming extremely common these days, it's not unusual to discover new songs and artists from apps like TikTok and Instagram. Now, Instagram has started rolling out a Spotify integration that will let you add songs you hear from posts and Reels straight to the audio streaming app, 9to5Mac has reported. If an Instagram post uses a song, and it's linked at the bottom of the screen, tap on the song name to go to its audio preview page. There, you'll find a new button that says "Add" with the Spotify logo right next to the audio scrubber.When…
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Spotify can now automatically create a playlist for airplane mode
03 Oct

Spotify can now automatically create a playlist for airplane mode

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Soon after launching AI playlists in the US, Spotify is adding a new way to keep the music going when you lose your internet connection. The new Offline Backup feature for iOS and Android automatically creates a playlist of your queued and recently played tracks, ready for listening on flights or off-the-grid excursions. Offline Backup is for Premium users only.The feature complements Spotify’s existing offline mode for user-triggered downloads. In contrast, the Offline Backup playlist doesn’t require any manual downloads. So, think of it as more preparation with less planning. (And, of course, the standard offline mode will still be…
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Spotify is up and running again after a brief outage
29 Sep

Spotify is up and running again after a brief outage

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Spotify should be working normally again now after a few hours of service issues. The Spotify Status account posted on X Sunday afternoon to say, “Everything’s looking much better now!” Earlier in the day, it confirmed that it had been experiencing problems following users' reports that the app and web player were acting up. Spotify users on social media reported a variety of issues, from songs repeatedly pausing on them to being locked out of the streaming platform entirely.The problems spiked a little before 11AM ET, per Downdetector, and persisted for two hours or so. At 12:14PM ET, Spotify Status…
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