Apple said that its Services revenue reached $19.8 billion -- a 17 percent increase (year-over-year). Apple's Services category includes App Store, Apple TV+, Apple Music, cloud services. Apple delivered record-breaking services revenue with more than 825 million paid subscriptions across Services, up 165 million in the last one year. The Cupertino based tech giant said that its Services revenue reached $19.8 billion
Apple Music no longer offering 3 month trials: 1 month trials like Spotify, Amazon Music, more
Apple has not announced the trial reduction officially, and is yet to provide an explanation as to what motivated it to do so. Apple seems to has revised its trial plan for its Apple Music streaming service. This revision cuts down the long-standing three-month free trial offer to just one month in all countries where the services are offered according to a
Shazam is giving 5 months of Apple Music subscription for free: How to get it
Shazam is giving five months of free Apple Music subscription to new users. Users who have availed three months of Apple Music trial will get two months of free trial. iPhone users’ are no stranger to Shazam. Apple acquired Shazam back in 2018 and two year later, the company brought the music discovery platform as a native iOS functionality with the launch of iOS 14.2 while keeping the original
Spotify becomes the most used music streaming service globally, again
Google's YouTube Music had only 8 percent market share in Q2 2021. However, it is the fastest-growing service in the industry. The music streaming services market is growing by leaps and bounds these days. A report by MIDia, an entertainment firm, reveals that 523.9 million people subscribed to a music streaming service globally at the end of Q2 2021. This figure
Spotify to now let you rate podcasts just like Apple Podcasts
The average rating of a Spotify podcast will reflect on the show's landing page on the app, given that at least 10 ratings have been submitted. Spotify has now rolled out a new system for its podcasts where listeners will be able to rate them based on their liking, just like Apple Podcasts. The music streaming platform has announced that the listeners will be able to rate a
Apple launches its Music Voice Plan in India at Rs 49 per month: Check details
Apple Music Voice Plan will be available across all of the Siri-enabled devices and features, including HomePod mini, AirPods, CarPlay, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac. Apple has rolled out Apple Music Voice Plan for its users with the new iOS 15.2 update. The Apple Music Voice Plan is a subscription for Apple Music “designed around the power of Siri”. The subscription cost for users in
Apple Music support arrives on Google Nest smart speakers in India: How to use it
Apart from India, support for Apple Music has also arrived on Google Nest smart speakers and displays in Canada, Australia, South Korea and Mexico. Google first announced that support for Apple Music was coming to Google Nest smart speakers and smart displays back in December 2020. However, at the time, the company had rolled out this feature to Google Nest smart speakers and smart
Spotify Wrapped 2021 to Apple Music Replay: Hold my beer
Spotify's top 5 artists of the year include Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber. As per the Spotify charts, Bad Bunny has been the most-streamed artist for the second consecutive year with over 9.1 billion streams without releasing a new album this year. Just like every year, Spotify has released the Spotify Wrapped 2021 with even more entertaining features. It is time to paint your social media feeds with your personalised Spotify lookbook sharing the listening trend of the year. This
Apple, Travis Scott, Live Nation Entertainment sued for $2 billion for Astroworld tragedy
Lawyer Thomas J. Henry has filed a new iteration of the complaint that was originally filed on behalf of a single concertgoer, Kristian Paredes, on November 8. The revised complaint has increased the number of plaintiffs to 282 people. Apple, US rapper Travis Scott and Live Nation Entertainment have been sued by hundreds of people who attended the Astroworld concert that took place in Houston on November 5. These people claimed that they were injured during the
Netflix has picked up Heartstopper for two more seasons
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper graphic novel has been renewed for two more seasons of romance. Though it’s only been a few weeks since Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper graphic novel began airing, the streaming platform’s already made the move to renew the show for two more seasons. Variety reports that
Lenovo Legion 5i Pro (2022) review: very speedy, very serious
Lenovo’s biggest changes for the 2022 Legion 5 Pro are inside of it. It features the latest Intel 12th Gen processors and up to the RTX 3070 Ti. It also brings a bigger price while ignoring some annoyances, like lousy speakers. The 2021 Lenovo Legion 5 Pro was my favorite gaming laptop of last year. I loved its keyboard, its 16-inch QHD 16:10 aspect ratio display, and, of course, its powerful RTX 3070 GPU. What I loved the most was that Lenovo achieved in a $1,599.99