For years, Spotify users running the free experience of the popular music streaming service had to contend with whatever the app threw at them. Playing specific songs was impossible, requiring users ...

Spotify free-tier users can now play any song directly, not just shuffle through playlists. Premium subscribers are getting lossless audio, private messaging, and customizable playlist transitions.

Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too. On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now ...

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Spotify has removed restrictions that prevented free users from listening to specific tracks. With lossless audio now finally rolling out to paying subscribers, the music streaming service has ...