by dbadmin | Jan 30, 2026 | News, Spotify
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is rolling out a change that displays lyrics line-by-line directly on the Now Playing screen. A toggle in the three-dot menu allows users to disable the new player lyrics if they prefer the classic view. The...
by dbadmin | Jan 30, 2026 | Authority Insights, News, Spotify
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is working on making usernames editable. The music streaming platform technically already has usernames, but they are not at all user-friendly, and haven’t been for years. Currently, Spotify accounts receive...
by dbadmin | Jan 27, 2026 | Authority Insights, News, Spotify
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR New strings in the app suggest Spotify is working on a larger mini-player for music videos when you navigate. Music videos currently shrink to a small Now Playing bar, making them hard to watch outside the player...
by dbadmin | Jan 22, 2026 | News, Spotify
TL;DR Spotify’s new Prompted Playlist feature creates custom playlists from text prompts. The prompts can be as general or specific as you want. Prompted Playlist debuted in beta in New Zealand last month. It’s now expanding to the US and Canada. Last month, Spotify...
by dbadmin | Jan 22, 2026 | News, Spotify
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify and record labels quietly sued Anna’s Archive, the shadow library that claimed to have scraped 300TB of Spotify’s most-played tracks. Anna’s Archive was not even notified of the lawsuit until one of its primary...
by dbadmin | Jan 21, 2026 | Android Auto, Google, News, Spotify
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Android Auto 16.0 is finally rolling out in the stable branch, bringing the new Media Playback template to all users. The redesigned layout features a wavy progress bar and moves the play, pause, and track controls to...
