Spotify just started testing its live lyrics feature in the US

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Engadget

Do you miss all the time you used to spend crammed in tiny karaoke rooms, belting out showtunes until three in the morning? So do we, but Spotify might have something that will help with your impromptu singalongs. As of this morning, the company is n...

Porsche bakes Apple Podcasts and Apple Music lyrics into its Taycan EV

Posted on 21/10/2020 by Engadget

Porsche Taycan owners can stream Apple Podcasts without having to connect their iPhone over CarPlay. The automaker says it's the first native integration of the Podcasts app into any car.If you link your Apple ID to your Taycan, you can continue list...

Apple Music’s time-synced lyrics arrive on Samsung Smart TVs

Posted on 07/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

This spring, Samsung made Apple Music available on its smart TVs, becoming the first third-party smart TV platform to do so. Now, Samsung is adding Apple Music’s real-time synced lyrics to its Smart TVs, too.Beginning today, when customers with a 201...

Deezer tries using AI to find the naughty words in songs

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You normally need to listen to a song or read its lyrics to tell if it’s using explicit language, but Deezer thinks AI might be up to the job before long. The streaming music service is researching a machine learning technique that would detect expli...

Spotify is testing real-time lyrics

Posted on 19/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Spotify might be adding real-time lyrics to its app, again. Dozens of Twitter users around the world have reported that lyrics are now popping up as they listen to Spotify. A user with beta 8.5.46.848 confirmed the feature to Android Police. But, thi...

Apple introduces real-time lyrics to Music

Posted on 19/09/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

With the release of iOS13, Apple's added a fun new feature to Music: time-synced lyrics. The updated lyrics experience presents real-time synced song words that animate along with the music as they're being sung, rapped or spoken, no matter how mumbl...

Google search results will show where song lyrics come from

Posted on 18/06/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google isn't sitting idly by while Genius accuses it of copying lyrics. As part of a larger defense of its lyrics search practices, the company has mentioned that it will "soon" attribute the third party providing song lyrics. This should "make it...

Genius accuses Google of copying its lyrics data

Posted on 16/06/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Have you found yourself using Google's lyrics results more than visiting individual lyrics sites? You're not alone -- and Genius thinks underhanded tactics are involved. The company has accused Google of not only hurting its traffic with its lyrics...

Text ‘Call Me Maybe’ to your crush with Genius Lyric Messages

Posted on 12/09/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

Genius is where the internet turns for rap lyrics (mostly) and song annotations, and tomorrow you'll be able to send those to your pals without leaving iMessage. The way the press release describes it, the process sounds fairly simple. And even a bit...

Google adds song lyrics to search results

Posted on 28/06/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

Looking to capitalize on the constant stream of people trying to figure out how does that song go again?, Google unveiled a new featured placement for song lyrics Monday. So, the next time you google the lyrics for "Total Eclipse of the Heart," Bonni...