Crave adds 5.1 surround sound support for select devices

Bell's streaming service now has support for 5.1 surround sound on select devices. Crave announced this back in October, and now it's rolling out to users. Supported devices include Amazon Fire TV devices, Android TV, 4th-generation Apple TV, and Facebook Portal. It isn't clear yet how much of the content supports multi-speaker audio, but MobileSyrup reports that IT: Chapter Two has it. Now, we just hope the service adds 4K support next. A subscription to Crave starts at $9.99 a month, but if you want to add HBO and STARZ content, you need to pay an additional $9.99 and $5.99, respectively.

Spotify introduces new personalized 'Daily Wellness' playlist

Spotify is introducing a new personalized playlist to help make mornings and evenings easier for you. The latest Daily Wellness playlist is rolling out now to users in the US and the UK and should be accessible through your Made For You section. Spotify relies on its algorithm to refresh the playlist with "motivational podcasts and feel-good music that can help you find positivity, mindfulness, or peace throughout your day." You might expect to hear inspirational podcasts and personalized tunes to help you start your day, or listen to poetry and practice some mindful meditation at night. In dire times we live through right now, we appreciate tools like these more. Now, let's hope the feature makes its way here, too.

Tribeca partners with YouTube to host a free digital film festival to benefit WHO

With film festivals having to be cancelled or postponed, Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube decided to host one big digital film fest called the "We Are One: A Global Film Festival." The 10-day festival will take place on YouTube starting May 29 until June 7 over at YouTube.com/WeAreOne. And the programming will include content from 20 festivals, including Toronto, Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Locarno, New York, and more. The festival will be free for viewers, but there will be a way to donate through the channel. It will benefit the World Health Organization as well as other relief partners for this COVID-19 pandemic. We don't know yet what will be shown, but it will include films, shorts, documentaries, music, comedy, and conversations. The full schedule will be released closer to the festival start date.

'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' to stream on Disney+ on May 4

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Star Wars Day a.k.a. "May the 4th" becomes even more special. Disney+ will be home to the entire Skywalker saga as the streaming service adds Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on the said date. It's the same day the documentary series Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian and the series finale of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be airing. 

With shelter in place ordered in a lot of places around the world, it seems like Disney and Lucasfilm want to take advantage of that captive audience. And while Star Wars fans can't celebrate outside of their homes, this might be the next best thing.