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Zane Lowe, Oliver Schusser outline Apple Music’s future: more livestreams, new Beats 1 hosts, and more
Apple Music is a popular streaming service, but it will need to continue to add new elements that users, both existing and potential, actually want to use and listen to to keep them around.
FT: record labels are opposing Apple’s plans to create a super-bundle of media content
With Apple's strong focus on services, the company is aiming to create a so-called super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee (think of it as an Apple Prime-like offering). However, this strategy has reportedly been met with strong opposition from some major music companies which are afraid that such an offering might devalue their music.
Spotify launches Siri integration, now available on Apple TV
Following weeks of testing, Spotify's new media playback options trough the Siri voice assistant are now available to everyone. In addition, Spotify now includes a dedicated app for the Apple TV set-top box, as mentioned in the release notes of the latest version of the app.
Pandora launches a redesigned app featuring ‘dynamic personalization’, a ‘For You’ section, and more
Pandora has been busy this year, aiming to make sure that more people stick with the leader in streaming music. And that trend continues as 2019 winds down.
Spotify is testing Siri support in iOS 13
Despite a closing gap between Apple Music and Spotify, the latter streaming service still holds a considerable lead with millions of users. So it only makes sense that Apple would (finally) add support for Siri voice controls for media playback.
This tweak prevents you from adding duplicate tracks to Music playlists
If you take advantage of Apple’s native Music app to enjoy songs from your favorite artists, then you probably already know just how easy it is to add the same song to a playlist more than once.
Although Apple hasn’t integrated any safeguards against duplicate songs in your playlists, iOS developer Frozen Penguin is here with a solution in the form of a new and free jailbreak tweak called Dejavu2.
Apple Music now available in an official web app
Apple Music is one of Apple’s most lucrative subscriptions, and the company already has it available on iOS and Android. And now it’s available directly on the web, too.
Apple Music for Android is testing oft-requested Chromecast support
Android customers may soon be able to wirelessly send their Apple Music tracks from their smartphone to a TV or their home theater setup using Google's Chromecast accessory.
Apple Music debuts ‘New Music Daily’ playlist
This week saw the introduction of the "Shazam Discovery" playlist, but apparently Apple wasn't quite done with the new options for Apple Music.
Spotify extends free trial to three months, matches Apple Music
A free trial for a service is meant to offer everything, without an upfront cost, in an attempt to get subscribers to keep coming back and paying for it. Up until recently, Spotify's standard free trial was just one month, but that has changed.
Apple Music launches a new ‘Shazam Discovery’ playlist
Apple this week has launched a brand new playlist in Apple Music. This latest one is meant to showcase tracks from around the globe that are discovered using the Shazam music discovery service.