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Spotify launches Listening Activity on iOS and Android, letting users view friends' real-time listening via the sidebar alongside chats, as an opt-in feature (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/857404/spotify-listening-activity-mobile

Spotify is finally bringing your friends’ Listening Activity to mobile
Spotify is adding Listening Activity and Request to Jam to its mobile app.

Spotify lowers monetization eligibility for video podcasters to three episodes, 2,000 consumption hours, and 1,000 engaged audience members over a 30-day period (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/spotify-lowers-monetization-t…

Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts | TechCrunch
Spotify is dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days.

Page Match: Spotify synchronisiert Buch und Hörbuch
Mit Page Match ermöglicht es Spotify, nahtlos zwischen dem Lesen eines Buchs und dem Hören eines Audiobooks zu wechseln. Dafür muss man nur ein Foto machen.
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Spotify changes Developer Mode to require a Premium subscription and reduces the number of test users per app from 25 to 5, to curb AI-aided or automated usage (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/spotif…

Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users | TechCrunch
Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users, and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for extended quota.

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https://open.spotify.com/track/3ScfDaBHnizOHzjRhNqETv

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Spotify rolls out About the Song, swipeable stories in English, summarized from third-party sources to highlight song details, in beta for Premium users (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/spotifys-n…

Spotify's new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you're listening to | TechCrunch
The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down.

Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of up to $40B, its largest-ever borrowing denominated solely in dollars, to help finance its investment in OpenAI (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/softb…

Bill Simmons, Spotify's head of talk strategy, says Spotify's Netflix deal gives podcasts a bigger potential audience, and might chip away at YouTube dominance (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Behind Spotify’s Decision to Partner With Netflix
"You have to think about it as you’re just trying to gain audience, especially in 2026, when everybody is just fighting to grab your attention at all times," says Spotify's head of talk strategy Bill Simmons.