Spotify adds a remote listening party option where everyone is a DJ

Posted on 28/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Spotify has expanded its Group Sessions feature to allow up to five people to listen to music or podcasts together, no matter how far apart they are. You’ll all need to be premium subscribers to use the feature. One of you can get the party started b...

Apple Music for Android finally works with Chromecast

Posted on 25/09/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple's been busy adding new elements to Music, including a dark mode and real-time lyrics. Now, one of the most frequently-requested features finally has support: the music streaming service on Android now works with Chromecast. After becoming avail...

Google Files gets better playback controls for offline media

Posted on 01/08/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google says 100 million people are using the Files app for Android each month, and it has just revealed some quality-of-life improvements that'll benefit people beyond helping them free up 8 GB of space every second. Offline playback for music and vi...

VLC update adds Chromecast and HDR support

Posted on 09/02/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you're any kind of media nerd you know about VLC, the software video player that can handle just about any format or codec you throw at it. It's also on a ton of platforms, like macOS, Windows, Linux and even Xbox One. Now the ubiquitous app has a...

Windows 10 preview lets Cortana play music, turn off your PC

Posted on 08/12/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

Cortana is the star of a big new Windows 10 Insider Preview build. Microsoft says that voice control of your PC was one its "top requests," so the latest update now lets you shutdown, restart, lock or sleep your system using the voice assistant. You...

Netflix ponders offline playback

Posted on 02/11/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

Remember when Netflix said it wouldn't deliver an offline playback option because its users are never far away from a reliable internet connection? Turns out that might not be true anymore. In an interview with CNBC, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarando...

Apple Music now lets Android users save music to an SD card

Posted on 04/02/2016 by Matt Brian

Apple doesn't often make Android apps, but when it does, it's either to secure more iPhone users or give people access to Apple Music. Now that the streaming app has eclipsed one million downloads, the company has begun outfitting it with features th...

Xbox One won’t get background music until summer at the earliest

Posted on 15/01/2016 by Daniel Cooper

Would it be nice to play your own songs through your Xbox One without having to use a second window? Unfortunately, the console doesn't support background music, and that feature isn't coming until Summer. Xbox head Phil Spencer was asked as much on...

Hulu’s PlayStation 3 app upgraded, is the first for the living room to deliver the ‘new experience’

Posted on 11/09/2012 by Richard Lawler

The folks over at Hulu have been focused on cleaning up content discovery and playback for a while, and now they've turned their collective eye to the PlayStation 3 Hulu Plus app. An update rolling out this evening brings a number of tweaks we saw hit its redesigned website in August, including the "tray-style" layout of shows, larger artwork, improved search with results that appear in the dropdown and simplified player controls. Take a peek in the gallery for a few screenshots of the new UI or after the break for an intro trailer. Although other platforms weren't mentioned specifically Hulu said the PS3 is the first living room device to show off its new experience, which leads us to believe other devices should get a similar look eventually. Subscribers can take a look on the PlayStation Network to see if they find any improvements, non-subscribers can, as usual, jump in on a free seven day trial.

Gallery: Hulu Plus PS3 app September 2012