Do you love music? Do you love music so much that you think your pet(s) might like to listen to it, too? Well, Spotify has you covered.
Spotify launches a playlists for pets based on ‘music you love’
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Lyricify fetches song lyrics for any Now Playing song
Not everyone cares about song lyrics, but if you’re the type of person who likes to follow along with whatever it might be that you’re listening to, then we have no doubt that you’ll enjoy a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Lyricify – originally by iOS developer ConorTheDev and more recently passed to iOS developer Renaitare.
As depicted in the screenshot examples, Lyricify was beautifully designed to display your favorite song lyrics directly on your handset’s Lock screen in an Apple-esque manner. With that in mind, the tweak looks and feels native, making it feel both familiar and easy to use.
Streaming music has changed how we listen to music
Some new statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) got me thinking about how streaming has utterly transformed the music business, and my own personal relationship with music. 80% of recorded music industry revenue now comes from streaming services, compared with 7% a decade ago. Streaming has reshaped the music industry, and it's also reshaped our personal relationship with music.
Streaming now accounts for 80% of the US music market vs. just 7% in 2010
Services like Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music and others have tremendously surged in popularity in the past decade, growing from a meager seven percent market share in 2010 to a whopping eighty percent of the music market in the United States a decade later.
Spotify testing ‘Tastebuds’ feature to show off your friends’ taste in music
Using a music streaming service to discover new content is one thing, but if you want a friend's perspective things might not be that simple.
Spotify’s Sleep Timer rolling out to iOS users
If you listen to Spotify while you're falling asleep and have gotten used to the fact it's (probably) still playing by the time you wake up, iOS users will finally be able to change that.
How to stop Spotify from automatically opening at startup on Mac
Tired of Spotify automatically launching every time you start up your Mac? Check out our step-by-step guide on how to disable this feature.
Spotify’s new ‘Your Daily Podcasts’ playlist will help you find your favorite new show
Podcasts. Still all the rage these days. And while Apple has been leading the charge for accessing that content, Spotify is starting to put some real effort in the game.
Spotify’s new ‘Soundtrack your Ride’ helps you build the perfect road trip playlist
Part of the fun of a road trip is finding the best music to listen to on the way to your destination, or destinations. And now Spotify has a dedicated playlist to help with that.
Spotify claims twice the subscription rate of Apple Music
Spotify announced results for its third fiscal quarter 2019, reporting revenue of €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion), up 28% Year over Year (YoY) and up 4% Quarter over Quarter (QoQ). The company posted an operating profit of €54 million ($60 million). The company also claimed it's adding twice the subscribers per month as Apple is with Apple Music:
Relative to Apple, the publicly available data shows that we are adding roughly twice as many subscribers per month as they are. Additionally, we believe that our monthly engagement is roughly 2 times as high and our churn is at half the rate.
In June Apple noted that Apple Music had surpassed 60 million paid subscribers, up from the 50 million it had reported this past January. Apple is next set to report fiscal results on October 30th, when we might get an updated indication of its efforts with Apple Music.
Spotify said that its customer retention efforts are paying off with vigorous efforts to attract podcast listeners and a better onboarding experience. The company counts 248 million Monthly Active Users (MAUs) at present, up 30% YoY. It exited Q3 with 113 million Premium subscribers, up 31% YoY. Premium subscription feess accounted for about 90% of the company's quarterly revenue.
Spotify attributed its rosy news in part to higher gross profit and less-than-expected expenses related to marketing, promotion, and R&D. It also noted to investors that it expects to report an operating loss for the coming quarter.
Do you use Spotify and Apple Music? Or have you made the switch from one to the other? Which do you prefer? Sound off in the comments and let us know.
Spotify launches Siri integration, now available on Apple TV
Following weeks of testing, Spotify's new media playback options trough the Siri voice assistant are now available to everyone. In addition, Spotify now includes a dedicated app for the Apple TV set-top box, as mentioned in the release notes of the latest version of the app.
U.S. congress seeking information from Spotify regarding Apple’s alleged anticompetitive behavior
Spotify believes Apple conducts itself in anticompetitive behavior on a regular basis, and has been trying to get a lot more people to agree with that view.