News & Reviews:   music streaming

When it comes to music streaming, Spotify easily remains the most widely used platform with over 130 million users worldwide. And to stay on top, the company has constantly improved and added new features to its service. The latest one isn't exactly a new feature though, but more like a new way to create fancy share links to your favourite artists and podcasters.

In the last few months, one of the apps that Google has been putting quite a bit of work would be YouTube Music. The company has been adding or updating a lot of features in the recent months and has recently released a new update, which lets you play songs you've saved on the cloud on smart speakers.

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.

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.

Spotify for desktop recently offered a new update which brings several new features and improvements. These include a fully integrated lyrics engine powered by Musixmatch. To activate this feature click the Lyrics button while the song is playing. Other features include an improved Friend Feed to find out what your friends are listening to and daily viral charts for the latest and greatest tracks. Here's what they had to say about it:

“We’re excited to bring an update to one of our key platforms - one that makes the experience smoother and introduces some great features and integrations. Following in the footsteps of previous successful app integrations such as Songkick, we’re thrilled to bring desktop listeners such a sought-after feature as lyrics.” Dave Price, Director of Product at Spotify 

The new update also phases out the App Finder feature and third-party applications but for more information check out the Spotify developer blog.