Tag: Music

Record Club is trying to be Letterboxd for music nerds

Look at those cute little guys. | Image: Record Club There isn't really a solid equivalent to Goodreads...

Android Auto is getting massive music app redesigns, starting with these apps [Gallery]

Alongside various other announcements at Google I/O 2026, we’re getting a deeper preview of major media app...

Google Flow AI video editing & music tools getting dedicated apps and Omni upgrades

As its competition takes a break, Google is doubling down on video generation through Gemini, with Omni...

Android Auto is getting video apps, music updates, and more Gemini smarts

Google is delivering some major Android Auto updates over the course of 2026, including support for video...

Spotify’s latest ‘Wrapped’ covers your entire music history

Its like a “Wrapped” but for your entire Spotify listening history. | Image by Spotify / The...

Spotify ‘Party of the Year(s)’ recaps your entire music streaming history

Spotify’s end-of-year “Wrapped” is a fun way to look back on the past year of tunes, but...

AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...

Tomora’s Come Closer is an ecstatic love letter to 90s dance music

Before Coachella, Tomora wasn't on my radar at all. It's actually only by chance that I stumbled...

Claude’s new connectors use AI to order food, control music, and do your taxes

Anthropic this week announced that Claude is adding integration with a ton of third-party services including Spotify,...

Deezer says AI song uploads have nearly overtaken human music

Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting...

Deezer says AI-made songs make up 44 percent of daily uploads

AI-generated music is spreading like wildfire, according to Deezer, who reported receiving nearly 75,000 uploads of AI-made...

Google renames brand-new ProducerAI music editor to ‘Google Flow Music’

In addition to new features for Google’s new music production tool, ProducerAI is already getting a name...

15 years after ‘Video Games,’ Lana Del Rey has an actual video game song

The James Bond franchise has a long history of getting pop stars to record its theme songs...

Anna’s Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three...

Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find

Spotify and the three major labels have won a $322 million default judgement against Anna's Archive, the...

YouTube Music rolls out split-view Now Playing redesign on Android, iOS

The split-view Now Playing redesign that YouTube Music has been working on since last year is now...

Justin Bieber’s YouTube Coachella set had nothing to do with who owns his music

This past Saturday at the Coachella music festival, Justin Bieber played the first of two headlining sets...

Google Home rolls out more Gemini voice updates for music, notes, more

Google Home has launched another set of updates for its new Gemini voice experience, addressing pain points...

YouTube testing ‘Auto speed’ and motion-activated YouTube Music-like controls

YouTube Premium users are getting two new experimental features – “Auto speed” and “On-the-go.” Read more @ 9to5google

Suno and major music labels reportedly clash over AI music sharing

The AI-powered musicmaker Suno is struggling to reach licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music...

Samsung’s Music Studio speakers and two of its 2026 soundbars are available now

Back at CES, Samsung showed off a new line of speakers and two of its 2026 soundbars....

Suno is a music copyright nightmare

AI music platform Suno's policy is that it does not permit the use of copyrighted material. You...

All the latest in AI ‘music’

People don’t like that they can’t identify AI music. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge AI has...

Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music

Apple Music: "What do you want to hear?" Me: "Atmospheric instrumental black metal to write to." Apple Music: "Here's...

How to use Apple’s Playlist Playground to make AI-generated mixes

With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple Music's Playlist Playground can now generate playlists with the help...

Cox Communications not liable for pirated music, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in a lengthy copyright battle between Cox Communications and major...

Supreme Court rules ISPs aren’t liable for subscribers’ music piracy

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 25 that Cox Communications is not liable for copyright infringement...

Google’s Lyria 3 Pro can now generate AI music (slop) up to 3 minutes in length

Google just introduced Lyria 3 Pro, an updated version of its AI model that generates songs based...

Apple Music 5.2 for Android adds iOS 26.4 Playlist Playground, album redesign

Following the first iOS 26.4 preview, Apple Music 5.2 entered beta earlier this week with three new...

Bandsintown integration for concerts is coming to Apple Music

The live music discovery platform Bandsintown’s partnership with Apple goes way back, but iOS 26.4 brings the...

Spotify’s SongDNA can tell you all about the track you’re listening to

Spotify has started rolling out a feature called SongDNA that can show you the people behind your...

The secret story of the vocoder, the military tech that changed music forever

The vocoder was never supposed to be a revolution in music. It wasn't supposed to be anything...