Google Play Music will start shutting down in September

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s been a long time coming, but Google is in the final stages of shutting down its longstanding Google Play Music app and service in favor of YouTube Music. The shutdown will start in September in Australia and New Zealand, while the app will stop...

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...

Spotify arrives on Xfinity X1 and Flex

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Starting today, Comcast subscribers can stream music and podcasts from Spotify on Xfinity Flex and X1. Flex users can get started by simply saying “Spotify” into their voice remote. Some X1 customers can use Spotify as an internet app now, and it'll...

The new Sonos app and S2 update are available now

Posted on 08/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Sonos' new S2 platform and app are now available to download via the App Store and Google Play. The new S2 app is the only way to control the company's latest slate of speakers, including the Sonos Arc, Sonos Five and the updated Sonos Sub. Besides a...

YouTube Music will transfer your Google Play songs with one click

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s been almost two years since YouTube Music launched as a full-fledged, paid competitor to Spotify and Apple Music. But even though Google positioned it as a replacement for its own Google Play Music service and something that could take on other...

Sonos Radio is the company’s first foray into original content

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Sonos has been making speakers for years now, but it’s always been up to their owners to find audio to play on them. That hasn’t exactly been a problem -- Sonos supports more than a hundred streaming services right now, and you could always play musi...

Spotify lets you hide bad songs on playlists you didn’t make

Posted on 16/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Let’s face it: not everyone has as impeccable taste in music as you do. Your friends and other curators are bound to drop some stinkers in their playlists sometimes. Spotify’s latest feature for premium subscribers should make it a bit easier to avoi...

Sonos is releasing a new OS and controller app for its speakers this June

Posted on 17/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Back in January, Sonos made the unpopular announcement that it wouldn't be providing new features for its oldest hardware products after May of this year. Since then, the company has sought to clarify that those devices will still work as they do now...

Streaming represented nearly 80 percent of US music revenue in 2019

Posted on 26/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Streaming is even more vital to the music industry than it was a year ago. The RIAA has reported that streaming represented 79 percent ($8.8 billion) of American music revenue in 2019, compared to 75 percent the year before. And crucially, more of...

A big library of independent music is coming to TikTok

Posted on 23/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok users will soon be able to choose from a huge variety of independent music to accompany their videos. Merlin, a digital rights agency for indie record labels, has signed a global partnership with the app, bringing music from labels like Epitap...

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