This is despite rivals like Apple Music, Amazon Music HD and Tidal already offering Hi-Res Audio support. Spotify announced that it has been working on a high resolution level for the music streaming platform since 2021 but, as of 2023, there has still been no launch date. While this is all very interesting, we couldn't help but feel that another major Spotify event was missing a major feature: Spotify HiFi. The music streaming giant also announced a DJ feature, countdown pages for new releases, and a Smart Shuffle button to add recommended songs to your playlist, replacing the very similar Enhance button.

Spotify unveiled a number of feature updates at its Stream On event this week, headlined by a new TikTok-esque music stream that invites you to scroll through personalized track recommendations, as well as a podcast stream and of shows, and a stream of audiobooks to provide the same experience as the other formats. Typically, we pick our pick for the losers spot based on something a company did that week, but, in Spotify's case, it's more about what it didn't.

This week's loser is Spotify – but not for the reason you might think. However, this update is still positive for all users of the free service who are tired of ads taking up valuable screen space during videos. If you want to stream videos without skipping or watching ads at the start of many videos, you'll need to invest in YouTube Premium. Of course, that doesn't mean the ads are completely gone. 'We expect to see limited impact for most creators as engagement shifts to other ad formats.' “Overlay ads are a legacy ad format that only plays on desktops and confuses viewers,” YouTube admitted in the post. The update was shared by a YouTube community manager in an announcement on the platform's support page.Īccording to the post, starting April 6, overlay ads - or ads that occupy the bottom section of the video player - will no longer be. Our winner this week is YouTube after the Google-owned video platform announced it would be getting rid of one of its most annoying ad formats. However, our winner this week is YouTube and our loser is Spotify.

In other news, Apple launched a yellow version of its iPhone 14, Microsoft Bing finally hit 100 million users with its new AI capabilities and the Google Pixel Fold has reportedly been spotted in New York. The biggest announcement this week definitely came from Sonos as the company launched two new speakers – the Sonos Era 300 and Sonos Era 100. It's the weekend, which means it's time for us to reveal this week's winner and loser in the world of tech headlines.

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