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Apple Music Replay 2022: where to find and how to see your listening stats

Apple Music Replay is back for 2022, and this year, it's more like Spotify Wrapped than ever before. Here's how to find your very own!
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How Spotify audiobooks work (and how much they cost)

Spotify recently integrated audiobooks into its app. Unfortunately, accessing them isn't as simple as accessing music and podcasts.
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How to share a Spotify playlist

User-created playlists, Spotify staff playlists, and even automatic playlists are a huge part of the Spotify experience. Here's how to share a Spotify playlist.
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Spotify app update finally lets you separate your music and podcasts

Spotify is giving the app's Home page a makeover with two tabs that separate your music and podcast feeds.
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Spotify wants you to stream socially with the new custom Friends Mix playlist

A new Friends Mix playlist factors in your tastes and your friends' tastes for a custom Spotify playlist.
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Spotify has killed the Car Thing, its $90 in-car audio device that failed to find an audience

After a rocky three-year history, Spotify has discontinued its Car Thing, a $90 device that was meant to make the service easier to access while driving.
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Spotify acquires Heardle, the popular music-based Wordle clone

Spotify plans to acquire Heardle to increase the discoverability of music new and old — whether players guess the songs correctly or not.
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How to use Spotify Supergrouper to create fun music groups

Spotify Supergrouper allows music fans to create music groups comprising their favorite artists. Here's how you can create your dream group.
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Gay Pride & Prejudice creators on updating Jane Austen for the podcast age

In an interview with Digital Trends, the creator and cast of Gay Pride & Prejudice discuss updating the classic novel to a narrative podcast with an LGBTQ twist.
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The Spotify app is a mess, and audiobooks will only make it worse

The Spotify app has far too much clutter in its current version. The addition of audiobooks in the future seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
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Spotify’s Car Thing now lets you control your other media

Spotify's Car Thing is getting an upgrade that gives it more abilities like managing phone calls and playing content from non-Spotify sources.
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Spotify halts service in Russia and pledges Ukraine aid

Music and podcast streamer Spotify has ceased all operations in Russia effective immediately, and announced plans to send aid to Ukraine.
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Spotify and Google agree to implement user-choice billing

Spotify and Google have agreed to explore user-choice billing, giving users a choice between paying through Spotify's payment system or Google Play Billing.
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Spotify Greenroom will move to the main app as Spotify Live

Spotify is expected to move Live audio conversations to the main app. This change may take place in the second quarter of 2022.
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You can now Shazam a song and find out where to hear it in concert

Apple-owned Shazam now allows users to get details about upcoming live shows and concerts related to a song by visiting an artist's profile on the platform.
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Ikea launches $65 Bluetooth lantern speaker with Spotify Tap

Ikeas' Vappeby Bluetooth speaker is dustproof, water-resistant, and has an LED light. But it's also the first Bluetooth speaker to integrate Spotify Tap.
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How to get Spotify Premium for free (thanks to Walmart)

Got Walmart+? Here's how to enjoy 6 months of Spotify Premium entirely for free thanks to the service.
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HBO Docs Club podcast will revisit classic documentaries

Brittany Luse and Ronald Young Jr. will co-host HBO Docs Club, a new HBO Max original podcast that will revisit classic HBO documentaries and add more context.
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Spotify’s Car Thing now available to anyone for $90

Spotify's Car Thing in-vehicle accessory for navigating and playing the company's audio content is now available to anyone in the U.S.
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Spotify’s HiFi tier was MIA in 2021. Will 2022 be any different?

It's been almost a year since Spotify announced a lossless, CD-quality music tier. Now that its original timeline has come and gone, is Spotify HiFi dead?
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Chill with Spotify for free on Delta Airlines this holiday season

Spotify users can enjoy free access to their streaming music while on select Delta flights for travel between Dec 8, 2021, and Jan 19, 2022.
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Watch Spotify’s tour of its plush U.S. headquarters

Spotify has offered curious folks a look inside its newly refurbished -- and very plush -- U.S. headquarters at 4WTC in New York City.
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Spotify adds a Netflix hub so you can listen to the chilling sounds of Squid Game

Spotify is the place to be if you're a fan of Netflix shows like Squid Game or Outer Banks. A dedicated hub has access to official soundtracks and playlists.
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Spotify finally adds real-time lyrics support to its mobile apps

You can now sing along with your favorite songs on Spotify with the company's new real-time lyrics feature.
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Spotify’s services are slowly returning to normal after Google Cloud problem

Spotify's web and mobile player interfaces aren't accessible for a lot of people at the moment.
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Spotify is finally making it easier to block unwanted followers

A new Spotify feature will make it possible to permanently block followers -- without calling customer service.
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Spotify looks to lure podcasters, listeners away from Apple with polls, Q&As

In its fight with Apple to be the number one player in podcasting, Spotify has announced two new tools to make episodes more interactive: Polls and Q&As.
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Spotify now powers Delta Air Lines’ seatback music

Delta Air Lines and Spotify have teamed up to power the carrier's in-flight setback music experience.
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Your Philips Hue lights can now sync to the beat of your Spotify music

Philips Hue has partnered with Spotify for a more streamlined, immersive music and light experience.
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Spotify could launch its HiFi lossless audio tier any day now

In February, Spotify announced its plans to launch a lossless audio tier called Spotify HiFi. Now, a newly discovered video suggests the launch could be soon.
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Spotify is finally bringing offline playback to Wear OS

Spotify is bringing offline playback to Google's Wear OS just months after debuting on the Apple Watch.
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Spotify Plus might give free users unlimited track skipping for $1 per month

Spotify appears to be testing out a new paid plan that would give listeners direct access to songs and unlimited track skipping for just a buck a month.
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7 ways to listen to music on your Apple Watch

Looking to get the most out of your music and your Apple Watch? The do-it-all wearable supports a number of excellent music streaming services. Here are seven.
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Spotify tweaks search functionality to make music discovery more convenient

Until recently, Spotify's search functionality had made the process a bit more cumbersome than it needed to be.