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January 8, 2026

Spotify Now Shows Friends' Listening Activity on Mobile

Spotify has launched its Listening Activity feature on mobile, allowing users to see what friends are playing in real-time and discover new music directly from their smartphones, with the feature being opt-in for privacy. The update includes a new collaborative tool called Request to Jam for Prem...

December 3, 2025

Android Code Hints at OpenAI's ChatGPT Ad Plans

OpenAI is developing an advertising system, as indicated by code in its ChatGPT Android app, likely to monetize commercial queries while keeping subscriptions ad-free. This marks a strategic shift to generate revenue, supported by internal forecasts and a change in executive stance from dismissin...

November 30, 2025

Sora and Nano Banana Pro Hit by Overwhelming Demand

A surge in demand for AI tools during the holiday weekend led Google and OpenAI to impose stricter daily limits on their free services to manage unprecedented user traffic. OpenAI's Sora video generation model now restricts free users to six videos per day, citing overwhelmed infrastructure and e...

November 15, 2025

Spotify's Shuffle Just Got Smarter for Your Playlists

Spotify has introduced a smarter shuffle feature that enhances playlist variety and reduces repetition, along with tools like the Snooze function for a more personalized listening experience. Premium and free users can now select any song during shuffle mode to play next without disrupting the qu...

November 7, 2025

Google Finance adds Gemini AI with prediction market insights

Google Finance is integrating Gemini AI with predictive insights from betting markets, enabling users to ask complex questions about future market trends and receive detailed, data-backed analysis. A new Deep Research feature allows users to generate fully cited, comprehensive research reports on...

October 13, 2025

Build Your Own Spotify Playlist With ChatGPT

Spotify has integrated ChatGPT to allow users to generate personalized music and podcast recommendations by linking their accounts and making conversational requests. The feature offers different levels of personalization, with premium subscribers receiving more advanced, tailored playlists based...

September 25, 2025

Spotify Connects Directly to rekordbox, Serato, and djay

Spotify now integrates directly with major DJ software like rekordbox and Serato, allowing Premium subscribers to access their libraries and playlists within these applications. This feature streamlines DJ workflows by enabling effortless mixing from Spotify's catalog and personal playlists, curr...

September 15, 2025

Spotify Free Users Can Now Play Any Song On Demand

Spotify now allows free users to play any song on demand, a major upgrade from the previous shuffle-only model. However, free listeners can only play one song on demand before shuffle mode returns and still face ad interruptions and skip limits. This change enhances user experience for non-paying...

September 14, 2025

Google Gemini Tops Free iPhone App Charts

Google's Gemini app for iPhone became the top free app in the US, driven by the popularity of its Nano Banana image editing feature. The app gained 23 million new users in two weeks, with the Nano Banana tool used to edit over 500 million images due to its creative and consistent editing capabili...

September 6, 2025

ChatGPT's New Project Feature: Organize Your Chats for Free

OpenAI has made its Projects feature available to free users, allowing them to organize chats into structured, customizable workspaces instead of a linear sidebar. Projects enable users to group related conversations, upload supporting files, and set custom instructions, improving clarity and eff...