Spotify HiFi seems to be a pipe dream at this point, with rumors spanning over two years and the service failing to provide any sort of improvement to audio quality. Now, new screenshots leak the Spotify HiFi UI with information on what quality the service plans to deliver. This comes as Spotify locks track lyrics behind the paying tiers
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Rolling out now in beta, Spotify is launching a new “AI Playlist” feature that uses text prompts to build a playlist based on a user’s description.
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Spotify is apparently set to get a price hike on certain plans, while the company is also looking at introducing new subscription options to allow for more flexibility.
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As announced at CES 2023, Google is rolling out support for Spotify Connect in the Android media switcher to improve the cross-devices experience.
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If your Spotify app is constantly crashing on Android lately, you’re not alone. The latest beta update for Spotify on Android is causing the app to crash before it even fully opens.
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As has become tradition, Spotify is now rolling out its yearly Wrapped summary of your favorite music through the year. Here’s where to find Spotify Wrapped 2023.
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Launching today, Spotify’s TV app is getting a major overhaul with support for more features and a much more familiar interface.
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Spotify Premium subscribers are getting a new perk as audiobooks are now available in the US at no additional charge.
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A new update is rolling out to Spotify for Android that revives a sidebar menu in the age of the bottom bar, but it does make it much easier to access the settings for the app.
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Spotify is launching a new collaboration feature in “Jam” which allows up to 32 people control a music playlist in real-time from their own devices.
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Rolling out today, Spotify is launching a new “Daylist,” which has the goal of finding music to match your mood depending on the time of day.
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Spotify last month updated its Android app with a new homescreen widget that combines playback controls and recommendations.
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The latest Spotify update on Android is causing major issues, as users from multiple devices are completely unable to open the app.
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Spotify is following suit in a wave of subscription services jacking up monthly prices. At $10.99, Spotify has increased its monthly service by $1, which sets it to join the likes of YouTube Music in price jumps.
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Spotify has confirmed it is testing a new “Offline Mix” that gathers together all of your downloaded tracks into one playlist.
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In the coming weeks, Google is rolling out a trio of new features for Wear OS watches, including several new Tiles.
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It’s been two years since Spotify announced its “HiFi” offering with better quality streaming, but it’s still not available. But, apparently, the feature has been ready to go for over a year now, and is just not being released.
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At its “Stream On” event today, Spotify showed off a major overhaul that’s rolling out for its iOS and Android apps. Two of the biggest components include video and audio previews for music, podcasts, and audiobooks in the Home feed and new video feeds for discovery in Search.
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Third-party apps have been rather slow to support the Android 13 media player, with Spotify just starting to do so.
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Spotify Car Thing launched to the public just a few months ago in February 2022, but now, it’s effectively dead as Spotify has announced it will end production on the device.
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After introducing real-time lyrics on Android, iOS, televisions, consoles, and the web in November, Spotify is now bringing them to the Nest Hub and other Google Assistant Smart Displays.
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If your Spotify app on Android has been broken and not loading on launch, you might not be alone, as Spotify is looking into the problem.
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Spotify has, for years, included some social features that make it easy to share playlists with friends, and even see what your friends have been listening to. But for as long as those features have been around, they’ve never been available in the mobile app. Now, Spotify is finally preparing to bring friend activity to the mobile app with a “Community” feature.
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A recent update to the Spotify app for Android has been causing issues, with playback being interrupted or the notification-based controls disappearing.
Update: Spotify has now resolved this issue.
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