According to a new report, Amazon customers in Germany who own an Echo smart wireless speaker or an Amazon Fire TV from the company, or an Alexa-enabled Sonos speaker, will be able to ask the Alexa assistant to play Apple Music content beginning later today.
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Spotify is conducting a test of higher prices in markets like Scandinavia
Your Spotify subscription might get more expensive as the music-streaming leader tests a price increase for family plan subscribers in markets where it's already a dominant force in music, like Scandinavia, to see whether it can raise prices in the region and around the world.
Spotify’s family accounts are gaining improved explicit content filters and parental controls
Parents will finally be able to toggle the explicit content filter in Spotify for any of their kids' sub-accounts, a feature that the company says people have been asking about for years now.
Spotify zooms past 100 million paid subscribers
Spotify, the leading music-streaming service, in its most recent quarterly filing announced that it now has a hundred million customers on its paid Premium tier.
Amazon is reportedly readying a $15 per month high-resolution music streaming service
After treating Alexa customers in the United States to free ad-supported music, Amazon is now thought to be gearing up to launch a premium music offering rocking higher audio resolution.
Amazon may challenge Spotify, Apple with free music that’d be available only if you ask Alexa
Amazon is allegedly in talks to launch an ad-supported music offering in a few days. While free of charge, it would come with a twist—you'd need to ask Alexa to play a song.
Apple plans to redesign thousands of Apple Music playlist covers with original art
Apple is planning to add original art to its custom playlists in an effort to bring instant recognition to its own content, according to a report published last weekend by The Verge.
American Airlines to provide Apple Music streaming starting Friday with no added fees
Apple announced Wednesday that American Airlines has become the first commercial airline to provide exclusive access to Apple Music through complimentary inflight Wi-Fi.
The best apps to discover new music
Music is so wide open with genres, artists, and songs that there is almost too much to discover. And when you’re in the mood for something out of the ordinary, something new that you’ve never heard, how and where do you look for it?
These apps can help you explore music from across the globe or around the corner. Find a new favorite song, delve into a different genre, or learn about a new artist. These are the best apps to discover new music.
Apple Music no longer allows parallel streaming on HomePod & iPhone without a family account
Although Apple's HomePod page states that AirPlay 2 lets you “ask Siri to play jazz in the living room and the Moana soundtrack in the kids’ room,” it doesn't make it clear that multi-device streaming requires a family account. Apple says a now-fixed bug permitted individual subscribers to listen to different music on their HomePod and iPhone.
Here’s how AirPlay 2, HomeKit & Siri voice control integrations will work on Smart TVs
Following official confirmations from Samsung, LG and Vizio that their Smart TV sets will soon integrate support for AirPlay 2, Apple has now confirmed that other leading television manufacturers will bring support for both AirPlay and HomeKit technologies to their products.
Pandora releases an Apple Watch app with offline playback as a paid-for feature
Pandora yesterday released a brand-new Apple Watch app that beat Spotify to the punch by including offline playback capability. It offers other perks, too, such as the ability to access remote playback controls and favorite songs from the Now Playing screen, and more.