Spotify Premium Duo launches in Canada, costs $12.99 per month

Spotify Premium Duo is now available in Canada for $12.99 a month. It targets partners or roommates looking to save some money on their subscription. The company has been testing the feature in other markets and now comes to 55 more markets. Canadian Spotify Premium subscribers usually pay $9.99 a month, and with this plan, you would save around $7 monthly.

If you haven't tried Premium before, Spotify throws in a free month before it charges you the monthly fee. Pairs also get a personalized Duo Mix playlist that combines you and your partner's music preferences. You each get individual accounts, but you would share the expense. If you're both Premium users already, you can change to a Duo plan to keep your existing libraries.

Source: Spotify

Apple Music, Spotify supports #BlackLivesMatter in an unprecedented fashion

Apple Music is using its platform to stand with #TheShowMustBePaused and #BlackLivesMatter social equality movements in response to widespread unrest, violent protests, and riots that have affected various American cities. The past few days have seen a swell of civic unrest after the death of George Floyd, a black man that died while being restrained by police officers in Minneapolis. Visiting Apple Music and going to any of its stations or the Browse section leads to the above page and a Listen Together call to action which plays only black music, much of which is timely in this time of protest. 

Update on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 8:55AM by Nicole Batac

Spotify, for its part, placed black filter over the covers of some of its prominent playlists and podcasts, while adding eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence to these participating playlists and podcasts—which is the length of time officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck.

Spotify now lets you add as many songs as you want to 'Your Library'

Spotify used to have a 10,000 song limit when it came to saving/adding songs to "Your Library." Now, the music streaming service has finally gotten rid of this limit, so it's time to like all the songs and albums you want. However, there are still limits to other Spotify features. There's still a 10,000 song limit to the number of tracks you can add to playlists, and, for Premium users, the same limitation exists for the number of offline tracks you can save (divided among five different devices). This new limit is rolling out to all users now.

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Spotify will allow parents to check their kids' listening history, block content

Spotify Kids gives parents more control over what their children listen to on the app. Parents can view their kids' listening history and block content. 

The feature is accessible through the "Grown Ups" section of the app. From there, you can select which child's account history to view. It will show every track your kid is listening to for the past three months. 

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