Spotify could be set to launch two new features, and one could solve a big pain point for lossless fans — but the other is something no one is asking for

Spotify could be solving a big lossless pain point for offline downloads, and playback speed control could be coming to music.
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Apple Music is my audio streaming service of choice — and now you can get 3 months for just AU$2 for a limited time

Gain instant access to over 100 million songs, Dolby Atmos music and a plethora of exclusive albums and playlists for less than AU$2.
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‘We pride ourselves on human curation’: Vocana is an indie music service determined to challenge Spotify’s payment system — I spoke with the platform’s President about the company’s inception, and how it’s planning to fix music streaming

Vocana is a US indie streaming platform ready to challenge Spotify’s payment system and algorithm.

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‘When I compare it to Spotify Lossless, Apple Music is the clear winner’: I signed up to Apple Music again, and this time it’s all about spatial audio — these are 5 Dolby Atmos-supported albums I think are perfect for new subscribers

Just got Apple Music? I think you should stream these Dolby Atmos-supported albums to kick-start your membership.

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‘Verified By Spotify’ is the music streamer’s new way to help you avoid AI artists, but it doesn’t go as far as I’d like — especially with Deezer, Qobuz and Apple Music making major anti-AI steps

The Verified By Spotify badge lets you find out if an artist is real on the streaming giant, but you still can’t filter out AI slop in playlists
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Pro-Ject just launched a tiny box to turn any passive speakers wireless that attaches to the binding posts, and brings them into the Sonos-rivaling WiiM ecosystem — and there’s a streamer box for hi-fi amps too… but Apple users should probably pass

Pro-Jet’s two new wireless dongles further push WiiM as a huge Sonos rival for hi-fi fans

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‘It is about choice — if you want to hear AI music or if you don’t.’ One Spotify user got so frustrated with AI slop that they created an ‘AI blocker’, but it ‘may violate Spotify’s terms of service’

A Spotify user has built their own software that filters out AI-generated music from their listening experiences.

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‘Every label in the world is delivering AI’: Apple Music executive says over a third of uploads are ‘100% AI’ as it clamps down on AI fraud

Apple Music VP reveals that more AI-generated music is being uploaded to the platform, but it’s not affecting listening habits.
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Spotify is expanding into fitness in partnership with Peloton — its new Fitness hub is available today, and is designed to help you ‘build momentum’ and ‘improve your wellbeing’

Spotify and Peloton are partnering to bring over 1,400 video workouts to Spotify’s new Fitness hub.

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Spotify just added a feature I’ve been waiting years for: managing playlist folders on mobile

Some users of the Spotify apps for Android and iOS are noticing a significant change in how playlists can be managed.
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