To my surprise, no, it's actual licensed music from big name record labels, including Sony. There's both a Freegal website and a mobile app from which you can browse, stream, and download music. It's ...

Feishin isn't perfect, but I think it could finally pull me from the streaming music giant's clutches.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you updated your Spotify app recently? It may be time to give the app a refresher — Wrapped is coming. Spotify announced the ...

Want to send a cool song or podcast to a friend? If you both use Spotify, you'll soon be able to message them directly through the app. On Tuesday, Spotify launched in-app Messages on mobile devices, ...

My first thought when I heard Spotify had launched a messaging service was, "Why?" But, after looking into it a bit more, I'm intrigued at the idea of sharing recommendations within the app. So, what ...

Using Spotify on Apple TV might be a smoother experience going forward. Spotify has released an entirely new "experience" that integrates many of its mobile features to Apple TV, including managing ...

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If you don't want to use Spotify's messaging service at all, you can leave it behind, and save yourself from getting added to all future group and one-on-one chats. To do so, tap your profile, choose ...