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Spotify rolls out paid subscriptions for podcasts

Spotify has launched a new paid subscription platform for podcasts, adding an extra avenue of revenue for creators. The company announced the new platform…

Spotify updates desktop app and web player

Spotify has refreshed its desktop app and web player to make it more user-friendly and easier to stream music. Spotify announced the changes on…

Spotify app now supports Afrikaans and Zulu: How to switch languages

Spotify has announced that the app and website will now support 36 additional languages, including the South African languages Afrikaans and Zulu. This brings…

Spotify reveals South Africa’s top trending tracks and artists for 2020

Spotify has revealed the top streamed tracks and artists for 2020 in South Africa, giving us an interesting glimpse into our tonal tastes locally….

Spotify app now lets you search for songs using lyrics

Ever get that sinking feeling when you can kind of remember lyrics to a particular song you like, but don’t remember the title? Well,…

South Africa among first countries to lose Google Play Music

Google has announced the phase-out plan for Google Play Music — with South Africa being one of the first countries that to lose access…

Deezer extends its three-month free trial to Premium, Family and HiFi tiers

Deezer has extended its lengthened free trial for Premium, HiFi and Family tiers into June, the streaming company announced on Monday. The initial free…

‘Superstar’ Trevor Noah has been nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award

The 62nd Grammy Awards nominations are out and, among some of the biggest names in the music industry, South Africa’s very own Trevor Noah…

Deezer’s HiFi high-quality streaming tier arrives on mobile

Deezer HiFi, the French streaming service’s high-quality tier, is now available on mobile. Previously, Deezer’s HiFi tier was only available on the web and…

Spotify brings back its three-for-one holiday Premium offer

Spotify South Africa is bringing back its holiday three-for-one Premium offer to those who may have jumped music services since the middle of October….

Apple Music Replay lets you relive your fave tracks of 2019

This decade is nearly over. Some of us will be thankful for that, and some will miss it dearly. But either way, there’s a…

360 by Deezer is a new app exclusively for Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format

To accommodate Sony’s new 360 Reality Audio format, Deezer on Monday revealed a new standalone app called 360 by Deezer exclusively for Deezer HiFi…

Nearly a quarter of a billion people use Spotify after massive user growth in 2019

Spotify on Monday revealed that its third financial quarter exceeded expectations due to a significant growth in users and revenue. In fact, the company…

Spotify is letting artists pay to recommend new music to users

Spotify is testing a new feature in the United States that will allow artists to directly recommend new music to users. “In this test,…

Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format is like VR music for your ears

Sony’s new audio format is ready for your ears. First announced at CES 2019, the company on Tuesday revealed that more than 1000 songs…

You can now control Spotify by talking to Siri on iOS 13

As part of Spotify’s latest update for iOS 13, Apple users can now control the audio streaming app via Siri. This means that users…

John Cena did Sho Madjozi’s #johncenachallenge on The Ellen Show

During an interview on The Ellen Show on Monday, host Ellen DeGeneres got John Cena to do the #johncenachallenge in honour of the Sho Madjozi…

Spotify now lets users add their favourite podcasts to playlists

In its drive to be your premier audio streaming service, Spotify is now letting users add podcasts to playlists. This means users can now…

Spotify launches new playlists for music you repeat, used to love

Spotify is bringing two new playlists to its platform designed to help users keep track of what they currently love listening too, and what…

YouTube Music gets a ‘Discover Mix’ playlist for new music suggestions

Google’s YouTube Music is taking more inspiration from Spotify and Apple Music’s features. This weekend a new feature was spotted by 9to5Google called “Discover…

Apple Music (beta) is now accessible through your web browser

You can now access Apple Music directly from the web, much like its rivals Spotify and Google Play Music. The music service is currently…

Dogs are the real stars of Katy Perry’s ‘Small Talk’ music video

You may not feel much for Katy Perry, her music or memes, but if you’re in any way partial towards dogs, doggos, good bois,…

Spotify wants users to create and upload their own podcasts, new feature suggests

Spotify is reportedly testing an in-app button that will let users create podcasts via Anchor, The Verge revealed on Wednesday. The feature, which was…

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