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Spotify held its second annual Stream On event for creators today, and while the streamer didn’t announce the coming of its hi-res music tier, it took the opportunity to lift the veil off its biggest redesign in a decade. The revamp not only brings a new scrolling, image-heavy, interactive visual look reminiscent of TikTok and Instagram to the mobile app’s Home page, but there are several new discovery-based features for music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Spotify While the Stream On event had a major focus on new tools…

Spotify’s Stream On event is back, this year including an in-person component for the very first time.On Wednesday, as seen above, the streaming platform launched the official livestream for the 2023 edition of its summit-like event broadcast live from Los Angeles. More specifically, the city’s Arts District is the central location for this year’s Stream On, which is billed as featuring “new developments” from across the platform.In terms of focus, expected announcements are set to span all types of voices (both prominent…

Spotify’s heart icon is changing to a “plus” button that lets you save music and add songs to specific playlists. The music streaming app announced the change in a post on its blog, noting that you’ll now have to tap the new “plus” icon once to save a song or podcast to your library and then tap it again to add it to a playlist of your choosing.Some users already have the combined “plus” button on their app, as it seems Spotify has been testing the change since late last year. Previously, the Spotify app had a “heart”…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of Mobile” report. However, downloads are continuing to grow, up 11% year-over-year in 2022 to reach 255 billion. Consumers are also spending more time in mobile apps than ever before. On Android devices alone,…

Before the innovation of MP3 players and streamable media, there was the good old radio that satisfied your music-listening needs. Well, the most popular music streaming service on the web wants to bring the radio experience back. Spotify is bringing a new AI that will act as your own personal radio DJ, according to XDA Developers.AI is becoming quite the center of attention nowadays. Right now, ChatGPT is the lede for a ton of headlines going around. Now, more companies are jumping on the AI train, so it’s no surprise…

Spotify’s newest feature aims to use AI to create your own personal DJ…and it talks to you. In a blog post, the company announced AI DJ, a new feature that not only uses artificial intelligence to create a custom lineup of music that it thinks you’ll love but actually talks to you in a realistic voice like you’re own personal DJ. The company says that the feature is starting to roll out today but in a beta, so you’ll have to check your app to see if you have access to your DJ already. If you want to…

Spotify’s new AI-powered DJ is a cute little green circle that recommends you music and commentates on the songs you’re listening to. Image: SpotifySpotify has unveiled a new feature to help curate your music that is fueled by artificial intelligence. The company’s new AI DJ, aptly named “DJ,” helps guide you through your listening experience by feeding you music it thinks you’ll love along with computer-generated commentary on what makes those songs great.DJ serves as a music curation tool from Spotify that feeds you…

Generative AI is absolutely everywhere right now, so it’s no surprise to see Spotify putting it to use in its latest feature, simply called “DJ.” It’s a new way to immediately start a personalized selection of music playing that combines Spotify’s well-known personalization tools that you can find in playlists like Discover Weekly as well as the content that populates your home screen with some AI tricks. I got early access to DJ and have been playing with it for the last day to see how Spotify’s latest take on…

“After four years of intense research and product development, we are officially launching Neko Health today,” the post reads. “The company was founded by Hjalmar Nilsonne and Daniel Ek with the vision to create a healthcare system that can help people stay healthy through preventive measures and early detection.”According to a translated version of Neko Health’s website, the Swedish company’s non-invasive full-body scanner can detect and measure the growth of birthmarks, rashes, and age spots. It also utilizes a separate…

With ready-to-use Python code & presetsImage adapted from 戸山 神奈.As a data scientist, working with audio data is often quite a struggle. One common problem is the lack of data to build effective models for tasks like voice recognition, music recommendation, and speech-to-text. Often, audio data is sensitive, portraying a human voice or copyright-protected music. Finally, audio data is high-dimensional and usually requires huge computational resources, compared to other data types. Hence, it is crucial to make the best…