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Spotify Tickets offers an easy option to sell fans tickets to live gigs directly instead of redirecting them to partners. The site being available for the public to book tickets, beginning today!

Spotify is separating Music and Podcasts. The first section will help discover content, while the latter will offer more information as well. Subscribers can switch back to the old Home as well.

Spotify has decided to stop the manufacturing of Car Thing, just five months after its general availability in the U.S. The $89.99 hardware offered a dedicated Spotify streaming solution for your car.

The ESET mobile antivirus has been detecting the Spotify app as a Trojan Dropper. However, the security firm has confirmed that it is only a false positive alert, assuring that an update will fix it.

Spotify has introduced a Live Events Feed to inform users about upcoming shows from their favorite artists. Personalized recommendations for events and ticket purchase was added as well.

Spotify has joined the list of apps optimized for Windows computers with ARM-based processors inside. Users of the popular streaming service can download Spotify Beta for ARM64 devices.

Spotify has announced that it's launching its Video Podcasts feature to all creators in select markets. The company has also announced new features to make Video Podcasting a great experience.

Spotify is rebranding its Clubhouse competitor "Greenroom" to "Live". The experience is also being integrated with the main Spotify app but you'll still need the Spotify Live app for some things.

TikTok has officially launched SoundOn, a platform that promises to help up and coming musicians with expert advice, audience insights, collaboration opportunities, marketing, and distribution.

Spotify has announced the U.S. availability of its Car Thing hardware for Premium users, priced at $89.99. The company boasts that its device is equipped to respond to "every in-car situation".

Several Spotify users are suffering from bots that appear as normal accounts, but randomly remove songs from collaborative playlists and insert content from relatively unknown artists.

After Blackwells Capital advised Peloton to replace its CEO, it is finally happening. John Folley is getting replaced by former Spotify and Netflix chief financial officer Barry McCarthy.

Tinder has said it's launching a new mode for the Explore page called Music Mode. In this mode, users who have selected an Anthem will be able to view profiles with the music playing automatically.

Spotify is currently testing a new feed called "Discover" which shows short clips of music videos in a style that is similar to what we see on TikTok. Users can swipe up the feed and like the songs.

Amazon is adding auto-generated synchronized transcripts for podcasts on the Amazon Music app on both iOS and Android apps. Users can also navigate through a podcast by scrolling up and down.

Spotify has confirmed a new trial plan that charges users a fraction of the cost of its paid tier for a few capabilities like skipping an unlimited number of songs. You'll still see ads, though.

TikTok and Spotify have made an agreement that lets TikTok users claim Spotify Premium, for free, for four months. The offer is available in several European markets including the UK and Germany.

Microsoft has announced a handful of new features for media apps on Xbox consoles, as well as new apps altogether. Apple TV is adding Dolby Vision support and Spotify now has video podcasts.

Spotify has announced that its Apple Watch app now supports offline listening on the Apple Watch. This comes just days after the feature was announced for Google and Samsung's Wear OS.

Multiple updates were announced to the Spotify app today, which include a beta version of a podcast transcription feature, a text-resizing capability, and increased readability features.

After the launch of Amazon and Apple Hi-Fi in their respective music streaming services yesterday, Spotify could be launching their Hi-Fi tier today after a slight glitch in the mobile app

Spotify has announced a handful of new improvements to the sharing experience on its app, including the ability to share a specific timestamp in a podcast so others can listen to that section.

Microsoft has confirmed that the company is bringing Spotify Premium to Game Pass Ultimate users. The offer will give users access to Spotify Premium for four months and will be able later this month.

The European Commission has raised several concerns with Apple over its 30% in-app purchases fee and the anti-steering rules that it has in place which third-party app developers must abide by.

To make its Your Library tab simpler to navigate, Spotify is bringing a plethora of changes, which are coming to all iOS and Android users. These changes are expected to arrive next week.

Spotify is rolling out a paid subscription platform for podcasters in the U.S., allowing them to make their content available to subscribers. It's also expanding globally in the coming months.

In collaboration with Spotify, Facebook is introducing a miniplayer that'll allow people to play music and podcasts from within the Facebook app. The feature is available on both iOS and Android.

Spotify is e-mailing premium users in some markets to let them know that prices will increase from April 30. Existing customers will start paying the new prices in June instead of May as a thank you.

Spotify is now rolling out a brand new feature to its users globally. It is called Spotify Mixes and offers users a new way to discover music through custom playlists consisting of old and new tracks.

Spotify on mobile is rolling out support for 36 additional languages, making the service more widely available to new territories after announcing its plan to reach 80 new markets last month.

Spotify is adding a new capability that will let you listen to music in your "Liked Songs" filtered by mood or genre. It will be available in the next few weeks on Android and iOS.

Spotify has announced a new tier of its music subscription service, which it calls Spotify HiFi. It's also revealed that its existing service will be coming to 80 new markets and adding 36 languages.

According to some Reddit users, asking Siri to play a song in the iOS 14.5 beta brings up a menu that lets you choose a default music provider, although it seems that only some are supported.

You can now stream music on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music directly from the sidebar in Opera GX using the Player feature. It was previously available only on the regular browser.

Spotify Kids now supports shared playlists, which will give children the ability to access mixes created from an adult's account. Doing so requires parents to access parental controls of the Kids app.

In order to set itself up to compete against Spotify and others in the podcasting sphere, Amazon is acquiring Wondery, a top-rated podcast creator well-known for true crime podcasts like Dirty John.

Spotify subscribers in 11 more countries outside the U.S. can now ask their Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to play their favorite podcasts just by using their voice. It's available starting today.

Spotify has added the ability to upload custom playlist images from Android and iOS apps. All Spotify users will be able to make use of the feature, which was previously only available on desktop.

The UK's Royal Society has called on platforms and regulators to find ways to lower the quality of streamed content where appropriate in order to cut carbon emissions by around 1% to 5%.