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Spotify leads the streaming music pack with its vast music catalog, countless podcasts, early album access, collaborative playlists, and richer audio quality than ever.

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By Gabriel Zamora
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The deal reportedly prevents the podcasts from being shown in their entirety on YouTube.

By James Peckham
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Qobuz impresses with a large, hi-res music catalog for streaming or purchase across sleek, cross-platform apps with valuable extras such as album liner notes and editorial content.

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By Michael Muchmore
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An expansion to Spotify’s accounts for younger listeners lets kids build their own playlists, discover new songs, and more. It's more in-depth than Spotify Kids.

By James Peckham
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A new update to Spotify allows you to exclude songs from your recommendation algorithms, meaning they'll stop appearing in your playlists.

By James Peckham
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Spotify may be the top dog in the streaming music space, but it's not the only one worth considering. Explore these highly recommended apps to enjoy classical, hip-hop, rock, and many other music genres.

By Gabriel Zamora
The Best Android Music Apps

You can only listen to one song at a time before Spotify begins shuffling, but it's a big upgrade if you know exactly what you want to hear.

By James Peckham
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The feature will initially roll out to 50 markets, including the US and the UK, by the end of October for Spotify Premium subscribers.

By Jibin Joseph
How to enable lossless audio on spotify

Spotify and YouTube Music both offer great streaming experiences, whether you're working or relaxing. But which one is the better fit for you? I compare them on price, content, audio quality, and more to help you decide.

By Gabriel Zamora
Spotify vs. YouTube Music

Do you rely on your phone to wake up? Here's how to set the alarm to play music from Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, TuneIn, and more.

By Jason Cohen
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Messages on Spotify are available to Free and Premium users and are intended as a way to recommend songs, podcasts, and audiobooks without leaving the app.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's new DM feature

Select Premium users are now able to access a beta that allows you to experiment with mixing tools for transitions between tracks.

By James Peckham
Three screenshots on the Spotify app showing the new mixing tools

For now, subscribers to other music-streaming services, like Apple Music and YouTube Music, are out of luck, even though Waymo’s corporate parent Alphabet owns YouTube.

By Rob Pegoraro
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Spotify Premium subscribers, including Family and Duo plan members, now have access to the Audiobooks+ add-on, which gives you 15 extra hours of listening time per month.

By James Peckham
Billboards at a Spotify event advertising audiobooks

'Together' by Blaze Foley, who was killed in 1989, and 'Happened to You' by Guy Clark, who passed in 2016, were uploaded last week with AI-generated album art that looked nothing like the singers.

By Jibin Joseph
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The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the project is an 'artistic provocation.'

By James Peckham
The AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown in some AI-generated artwork

Spotify's lossless audio features have been teased by the company for over four years, but new changes to the app's code suggest it's taken a major step forward.

By James Peckham
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The airline adds the streaming-music service to its seatback entertainment menu, at first with a set menu of cached content. I tried it out on a recent flight.

By Rob Pegoraro
The first set of podcasts available in United's implementation of Spotify, featuring multiple pods from The Ringer

A test on Spotify shows a new tool to help you find new songs within subgenres using its genre mix playlists.

By James Peckham
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When it comes to streaming music, you're probably considering Apple Music or Spotify. I've tested both and am here to compare them on price, content, audio quality, and more to help you decide which is best.

By Gabriel Zamora
Apple Music vs Spotify