News & Reviews:   music streaming service

Not only is a platform famous for short videos, but TikTok has also helped most of us discover new songs. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, filed a trademark application for "TikTok Music" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office back in May. Could it be something that rivals the likes of Spotify?

Metaverse is something that many tech companies are trying to build nowadays, and big sharks like Meta and Microsoft already introduced their ideas earlier for how to connect people in a different way. Until now, Spotify has also jumped on the bandwagon, creating its metaverse via Roblox with the name 'Spotify Island'.

If you've been following recent music trends, you should know that Adele has made a comeback with her latest album, '30'. By making her fans follow the storyline, the star had requested Spotify to remove the shuffle option for her album. Surprisingly, Spotify acknowledged the request and took the shuffle option down. However, it looks like the music streaming service is also doing the same to the others besides Adele's album.

As you may recall, Apple announced that it will be adding Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio to Apple Music last month. That feature was officially added to MacBooks after WWDC 2021 last night. However, it should be noted that it will be limited to selected Mac devices.

Recently, Apple has announced that its music streaming service Apple Music will start to offer Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos in June 2021 for free. As what the Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos offers is still somehow vague, the tech giant has spotted scheduled an exclusive event to further explain the feature after WWDC 2021.

For those who regularly use Spotify, you probably know that the platform has had podcasts since 2015. But anyone can create a podcast these days and it may not be content you want to listen to. With that in mind, Spotify has launched the Podcast Charts features to see what's trending when it comes to podcast.

While streaming songs, some of us would like to have a personal karaoke session by singing along with the lyrics. If you're using Spotify, you might have to look for the lyrics elsewhere as it doesn't appear inside the app. However, things might change now as the popular streaming service is finally going to bring the feature to their mobile apps.

Those who stream music online usually choose Spotify, but if you prefer music videos then YouTube is likely your best option. Spotify may be looking to change this though, as a new leak suggests that the company could be working on adding music videos to its mobile app.

Despite the pandemic going on, some companies are still managed to do well maintaining its revenue and one of them is Spotify. The company that provides music streaming service has hit 130 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, which is up by 31 percent from last year's report. Other than that, the company has also announced that their users' listening behavior is different now as lockdowns are going on in many countries.

Spotify is currently the largest music streaming service in the world with its 96 million subscribers and 170 million users. By doing more than just music streaming, the company has come up with many ideas to connect people socially through music. Recently, a new feature called Tastebuds was discovered from the app and it lets people discover songs from streaming activities of others.