TapticSpotify brings haptic feedback to the Spotify app’s music controls
Ready to add haptic feedback to the official Spotify app on your iPhone? If so, then this tweak is for you.
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How to score a Google Home Mini smart speaker for $1
Spotify is right now offering two promotions that make it possible to purchase a Google Home Mini smart speaker for just $1. We’ve put together a super easy step-by-step walkthrough below to show you how to get it, but there are a few things you should know first: it’s for U.S. customers only, it involves jumping through some hoops like signing up for Spotify, and finally, it’s available for a very limited time. Now, let’s get started!
Apple Music hits 56 million paid subscribers, Spotify still growing at a faster pace globally
Apple Music has added six million customers in the past six months and now enjoys 56 million paid subscribers, but rival Spotify continues growing at a faster pace globally.
Waze rolling out audio player with support for Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio & more
With eight launch partners, including Spotify, Deezer, Pandora and others, Waze’s all new audio player functionality makes it easy to get lost in your music, not on the road.
How to transfer your playlists between different music services with TuneMyMusic
Transferring playlists between multiple music services is easy until you attempt to do it manually. Instead of having to painstakingly recreate your personal, carefully curated Apple Music playlists on another music-streaming service like Spotify or YouTube, or vice versa, you can just use an app to get the job done.
Spotify for iOS updated with Apple Watch app
Spotify on Tuesday released an update to its iOS client, bringing the software to version 8.4.79. On the surface it looks like your typical maintenance release, but according to the change log, it also includes “the first version” of Spotify’s Apple Watch app.
Spotify beta testing Apple Watch app
Spotify may finally be adding its official app to Apple Watch. A thread popped up on the r/Apple subreddit this morning with users noting that the latest Spotify app build in TestFlight includes an app for the popular wearable.
Spotify hits 87 million paid listeners worldwide
Spotify now has 87 million paid listeners worldwide and 191 million monthly active users who are on their paid or free tier.
Watch out Apple, Spotify for Podcasts launches in beta
Spotify is showing some podcast love by introducing a podcasters beta program. Podcast creators can add their existing shows to the music service.
Google Maps brings new commute features with live traffic and transit information, more
People in North America spend a full day per month commuting, prompting Google to bring some new commute features to the Maps app like live traffic/transit info.
Add powerful new features to the Now Playing interface with Apace 2
Apace 2 supercharges the Now Playing interface with powerful playlist integration and new feature support for Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music.
Prince’s estate brings his music to Apple Music, other streaming services
Sony has released 23 Prince albums that were first launched between 1995 and 2010. The music is being offered on major streaming services like Apple Music.