Submitted by Bob Bhatnagar on
While the iPhone offers many different alarm sounds, many users prefer to wake up with music playing. Choosing your favorite song or using Apple Music as your alarm works well. Now thanks to the jailbreak tweak SpotAlarm, fans of the streaming music service Spotify can use any Spotify track as an alarm. The tweak is compatible with iOS 8 and iOS 9 on jailbroken devices.
Submitted by Frank Macey on
In case you missed last week's media event, Spotify announced a long list of new features. These additions to the mobile music service are now rolling out to users, offering what the company describes as the "most entertaining Spotify ever". 25 billion hours of listening data collected over the past seven years means Spotify can recommend playlists based on any time of day or activity.
Submitted by Marshall Walker on
Spotify announced today that its mobile app will now be free on iOS and Android devices. The free version of the popular music streaming service was previously only available on desktop browsers. Just like Pandora, the free service will be supported by advertisements, and it will only give users access to specific select tracks. The new service will begin rolling out to mobile users starting today.
You will still need a premium account if you want an ad-free experience or other benefits like offline listening. A Spotify premium plan costs $9.99 per month and gives you the ability to play any song at any time.
Playlists from other music services can be converted into Spotify playlists and synced to your iOS device. Here are two tools to convert your iTunes playlists to Spotify on a computer:
Ivy - Free
Converts iTunes playlists into Spotify playlists.
Unify - £1.99 (approx. $3.25)
Drag and drop conversion of iTunes albums and playlists to Spotify.
You can't. The Spotify app for iOS provides free streaming radio service for anyone with a data connection. Selecting a genre, song or artist will play similar music and create a radio station under Your Stations in Spotify Radio. So what if you create a Spotify radio station and want to remove it from the list?
Once created, radio stations in the iOS Spotify app cannot be deleted. As of the current release (version 0.9.0.8) there is no way to remove or hide a radio station after it appears in Your Stations.
