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Living
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Spotify expands AI Playlist feature to more countries

Spotify, just like many other companies that provide services to bigger audiences, jumped on the AI bandwagon ever since Microsoft and Google made a big deal out of it. The company has been testing a new AI Playlist feature since April, but only Premium…

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Spotify’s new Enhanced feature will upgrade your playlists

Spotify’s new Enhanced feature promises to further improve your playlists with personalized recommendations. The music streaming service announced the new feature is rolling out this week to all its Premium users, so if you don’t pay for a Spotify…

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YouTube Music introduces assistive playlists on Android and iOS

YouTube Music has added a lot of new features and improvements in the last couple of months, but the most recent one is quite useful for those who’d like to listen to similar songs that made it their favorite playlists. As the title says, YouTube Music now…

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Living
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Apple Music trial may shrink from three months to just one

One way for music streaming services to expand their subscribers base is through trials. Offering their services for free for a limited is a great way to convince potential subscribers whether or not a service suits their needs. Apple is one of the not so…

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Spotify starts testing voice ads on Android and iOS devices

Spotify has decided to be more aggressive with its ads and announced over the weekend that it will launch voice-enabled advertisements. They are meant to encourage customers to use verbal commands to take action on the ad’s content available through Spotify.…

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Spotify now has 100 million Premium Global Subscribers

Twelve months after it first reached 75 million subscribers, Spotify has today announced that 100 million users now pay for its Premium service across the globe. The news represents year-on-year growth of 32% and has helped push Spotify’s revenue figures up…

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Living
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Music Streaming on Amazon for free using Alexa

If you love music and own an Amazon Echo or another device that uses Alexa as a virtual assistant, we have some good news. Late last week, Amazon announced that those in the U.S. can stream top playlists and stations for free, without having to pay for an…

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Apple Music wants to expand your musical knowledge

Apple Music doesn’t get a ton of attention compared to services like Spotify, but the service quietly has racked up a ton of subscribers simply due to the fact of Apple’s massive hardware install base. Those subscribers are a diverse set of people from around…