Facebook officially adds Live Audio Rooms, podcasts
Facebook has officially launched Live Audio Rooms and podcasts as part of its push to expand social audio. Yes, Facebook is yet another challenger to Clubhouse as well as expanding. Continue reading
Shazam surpasses 1B Shazams per month
Shazam has surpassed 1 billion Shazams per month on average and 50 billion tags since it launched almost 20 years ago. Shazam launched as a text message service in 2002. Continue reading
Spotify launches live audio app Greenroom challenging Clubhouse
Spotify has launched its own live audio app Greenroom as a direct competitor to Clubhouse. Spotify built the new Greenroom app based on code from Locker Room which the streamer. Continue reading
Apple Music fake-demos Spatial Audio in two new videos
Two new video ads attempt to offer a demo of Spatial Audio which debuted on Apple Music last week. Best listened to on headphones, both ads use stereo channel separation. Continue reading
Bandcamp Adds Offline Listening
Bandcamp users can now use the Bandcamp iOS or Android app to listen to the items in their collection offline. From Bandcamp: “From the album or track view, just tap. Continue reading
Clubhouse (finally) adds an Android app: reserve your username now!
Clubhouse has added an Android app a year after the hugely successful drop-in audio app launched on iOS. With Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, Mark Cuban, and Slack all openly. Continue reading
EU declares ‘Apple has a monopoly’ after Spotify complaint
European regulators determined that “Apple has a monopoly” on how it distributes music streaming apps to owners of iPhones and other Apple devices and are calling for action. “Our preliminary. Continue reading
Spotify adds podcast subscriptions, free to creators for 2 years
Spotify has added paid podcast subscriptions and promised that for two years there will no creator fees. Spotify’s move is an aggressive response to Apple’s podcast subscriptions which charges creators. Continue reading
Facebook adds Spotify mini-player to apps
Facebook has launched a mini player that allows users to easily play music and podcasts from Spotify directly within Facebook apps on iOS and Android. The new player makes it. Continue reading
Spotify’s ‘Car Thing’ is released in the US
Just days after Spotify expanded in-app voice controls the streamer has launched its Long promised Car Thing streaming device in the US. Currently, the Car Thing release is invite-only, but. Continue reading
‘Hey Spotify’ adds native voice controls to streamer
Spotify is rolling out ‘Hey Spotify’ which adds voice controls to the mobile streaming app. With Hey Spotify, users can call up specific artists, songs, playlists, moods, and podcasts. It. Continue reading
