After slowly rolling out the service to some users in the US, Google today officially made the new YouTube Music available to everyone. The new streaming platform will take better aim at competing with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music by offering a blend
Google has announced two new premium subscription tiers for YouTube called YouTube Music and YouTube Premium. The new tiers will replace the company’s existing YouTube Red subscription and offer more options for those who use the service in certain ways. Starting with the former, YouTube
Spotify held an event in Manhatten today to announce some upgrades coming to the service’s free subscription tier. The company says while it has 71 million paid subscribers, there’s still 90 million users who aren’t being billed $9.99 or more a month for the music
Spotify is said to unveil a new hardware product during a “news announcement” on April 24th in New York. While the company doesn’t hint at a particular announcement in their media invitation, users are reporting they’re starting to see offers pop up on their phones
Apple has updated its Apple Music app for Android with better music video integration. The update follows similar suit the iOS version of the service took to enhance the experience both watching and discovering new videos on the service. now, users will find them much
Amazon has added Spotify to the list of music services supported by its multi-room playback feature with the Echo. This comes after the feature had initially become available in August with the likes of iHeartRadio, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and Amazon Music Unlimited on board. SiriusXM is
For whatever reason, Google Now has reigned supreme when compared to the new Google Assistant in one regard for quite some time: song recognition. Whereas the former can perform the function, the latter never gained the ability. However, it now appears this is changing as Google
Spotify has announced that its music service will soon fully integrate with the Google Assistant. Previously, users could control music playback with the Google Home, but now, Spotify will soon be controllable via any device with the Assistant on board, including all Android devices. Today,
Microsoft has announced that it’s replacing its Groove Music streaming service with one of the leaders in the industry, Spotify. This comes the same day as the company also announces the discontinuation of Groove Music in favor of other music streaming platforms such as Spotify.
Amazon today announced the integration of its voice assistant, Alexa, into its Amazon Music apps for iOS and Android. Simply updating the apps will gain users the option of controlling their music with their voice by tapping the push-to-talk button in the app. By doing
Apple has given a pretty major update to Apple Music for Android. With version 2.2 of the app, users can now control the music streaming service with their voice thanks to integration with Google Now and the Assistant. Now, you can say, “Okay Google, play
Spotify has announced a new partnership to give eligible students who subscribe to the discounted $4.99/month tier a free subscription to Hulu. This is a standard subscription, however, so you’ll still see ads while watching movies and TV shows. But considering it’s free, you really
Apple is no longer hosting its annual Apple Music Festival formally known as the iTunes Festival, as reported by Music Business Worldwide. The UK-based event last took place last year and hosted artists including Elton John, Chance the Rapper, The 1975, Michael Bublé, Brittany Spears, and
Spotify and Apple Music have been both offering eligible students discounts on their music services, and now Amazon is jumping on the same bandwagon. As first spotted by TechCrunch, Prime Student members can now subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited, originally announced last October, for $4.99/month
Amazon is rolling out a new software feature to its line of Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers that allows you to group multiple of them together and stream music simultaneously. For example, if you have three Echos upstairs and would like to play music from all
Facebook has updated its chatting app Messenger to include better Spotify integration. Its virtual assistant, known as M, can now suggest songs and artists to stream if you begin talking about music with your friends in a chat thread. For instance, mention Luis Fonsi and M
Today, Spotify officially launched its app for Xbox One. This allows users of the music streaming service to log in with their free or premium subscription and enjoy their favorite tunes while gaming. Starting today, Spotify is available on Xbox One in 34 markets* around
Last month, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s mega hit “Despacito” became the most-streamed song ever on the internet. This was thanks to mainly the song being as popular as it is and the fact that Justin Bieber landed a verse on the track for a
Google has updated its YouTube Music app to more closely integrate with the perks you get by subscribing to YouTube Red. Rather having the ability to only save mixtapes populated by your listening history, the app now lets you choose specific songs, artists, and albums
As first reported by 9to5Mac, Google has updated its Play Music app for iOS that allows the app to work with Apple’s CarPlay. This means you can play music through the service and have it outputted to your CarPlay-enabled vehicle. The same goes for other streaming