YouTube Music Replaces Google Play On Android Devices

Google has given YouTube Music a major leg up by adding it to all Android 9 and 10 devices. It replaces Google Play, the company’s previous failed attempt and launching a Spotify competitor. "YouTube Music is your personal guide through the complete world of music—whether it’s a hot new song,…

Spotify Lite Launches In Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, But Not In North America

Spotify Lite is now available in 36 countries across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Android via Google Play. But this light version of Spotify is not yet available in key streaming markets in North America and Europe. Spotify Lite takes up just 10 MB, less than 1oth…

Shazam Now Identifies Songs Played on Other Apps — But Only on Android

Before its acquisition by Apple late last year, Shazam had bled millions. Breaking down the song recognition app’s public financial results for 2017, the company reported a gross profit of £38.4 million ($50.6 million at the historical exchange rate), …

Spotify Passes 500 Million Installs, Far More Than Other Streamers

The Spotify app has passed 500 million installs on Android. In its last quarterly report, Spotify reported 207 million monthly active users, so the 500 million stat includes people who are no longer using the app and reflect how Google calculates downloads and installs. Pandora, Amazon Music, Deezer, YouTube Music,…

YouTube Music Poised To Replace Google Play As Android Default Audio Player

A look at the under the hood of a recent YouTube Music app update shows strong evidence that Google may be about to make it the default music player within its Android operating system. The move could help catapult YouTube Music from also-ran to top tier music streamer. Apple guaranteed…

7 Essential Free Apps for Making Music On The Go

Many musicians tend to spend a lot of time on the go. Whether it’s on their daily commute, in hotel rooms, on trains, planes, buses or even touring worldwide, there will be lots of times where access to their studios, hardware or software is unavailable. Luckily, in this case, it’s 2022 and the era of the […]

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