No Juice WRLD’s newest album didn’t cause the Spotify crash on Friday – Facebook did. Spotify quickly addressed the issue, telling complaining fans that it was working on the issue. “Juice WRLD’s album really broke Spotify, bro,” one fan tweeted about the issue. But when other apps began acting up too, the culprit was revealed […]
Photo Credit: Daniel Cañibano Lots of iPhone users are reporting excessive battery drain due to Apple Music background activity. Users running iOS 13.5.1 seem to be most susceptible to this issue. They report a rapid battery drain when the Apple Music app is not in use. In some cases, background activity continues for many hours […]
Photo Credit: Apple Music Apple Music launches a new bi-monthly artist program to highlight top talent in Africa. The initiative is ‘Africa Rising’ and it comes with a companion playlist featuring the same name. Apple Music says the new initiative will help “identify, showcase, and elevate rising African talent.” Nigerian-born singer and songwriter Omah Lay […]
Photo Credit: Alex Iby Spotify launches new couples’ plan to make it easier to split a Spotify premium membership. Dubbed Premium Duo, the new Spotify subscription, costs $12.99 a month. It allows two people who share an address also to share a Spotify plan. Spotify cracked down on ‘illegal’ family plan sharing last year by […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify real-time lyrics are rolling out to 26 new markets today – but not in the US. Spotify began testing the real-time lyrics feature last November in select markets. The launch is happening thanks to a partnership with lyrics provider Musixmatch. It’s the same lyrics partner Spotify used for its testing last […]
Photo Credit: Morning Brew Spotify is experimenting with adding music video content to its app – mimicking YouTube Music. App de-coder Jane Wong is well-known for pulling apart new app updates and finding changes. Wong says she has discovered a new tabbed interface in the latest Spotify update. It offers different options for showing content […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify is now rolling out video ads to users in the US, UK, and Canada via its Ads Studio. Spotify says while most users engage with video ads with their sound muted, Spotify listeners “are engaging with their sound on.” Spotify says running video ads and audio ads “produces higher brand results” […]
Photo Credit: Joe Mabel / CC by 3.0 After announcing a $100 million fund to amplify black artists, Questlove asks YouTube if that includes not copyright striking his own music. YouTube first announced the $100 million initiative on June 11. CEO Susan Wojcicki says the fund will support the creation of new YouTube Originals developed […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Google warns YouTube Music transfers from Google Play Music could take a while ‘due to high demand.’ Google started rolling out the feature last week to a broader audience after a short beta period. YouTube Music transfers are one of the last holdout reasons why people still use GPM. People who access […]
Photo Credit: ByteDance ByteDance is shutting down its video-sharing app Vigo in India, urging users to switch to TikTok instead. The Chinese company is narrowing its product line across the globe, focusing on TikTok’s growth. Indian users have until October 31 to migrate to TikTok before Vigo shuts down completely. Vigo is already discontinued in […]