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Streaming Music Services: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

Latest Streaming Music Service Reviews

Latest Streaming Music Service Stories

3.0

Amazon Music Prime comes with a Prime subscription and lets you stream more than 100 million songs from the company's robust music library, but it limits you to shuffled tunes.

By Gabriel Zamora

Come Dec. 9, the device will no longer work. After complaints from buyers, Spotify says it will issue refunds to those who contact customer support with proof of purchase.

By Emily Price
3.5

iHeartRadio combines live radio, customizable stations, and podcasts into a fine streaming package, though the service lacks hi-res audio and other cool features that rivals offer.

By Jeffrey L. Wilson  & Gabriel Zamora

The feature is only available via YouTube Music for Android for now.

By Emily Price
4.0
Editors' Choice

Amazon Music Unlimited's feature-rich music, video, and podcast selection makes the streaming service a worthy premium upgrade from the limited Prime Music.

3.5

Pandora offers a relatively basic feature set, plus a few intriguing extras to help it compete with the big dogs in the streaming music pack.

Spotify has been keeping streaming stats since 2008, and in that time, a select few songs have racked up billions of plays. Here's a rundown of the platform's biggest hits.

By Chandra Steele
4.5
Editors' Choice

Spotify leads the streaming music pack with its deep music well, countless podcasts, early album access, collaborative playlists, and AI-powered curation.

After months of strained negotiations and muted songs, UMG music from artists like Billie Eilish and The Weeknd will be fully available on TikTok again.

By Kate Irwin
4.0

Featuring numerous playlists and original video, Deezer is a great middle ground between Spotify's music curation and Tidal's high-fidelity streams.

You don't need a subscription to stream your favorite songs. With these tested and recommended streaming music services, you can enjoy sweet tunes without spending a dime.

Use AI text prompts to generate new playlists on the fly in the Amazon Music apps.

By Josh Hendrickson
4.5
Editors' Choice

Tidal stands out as one of the best and most unique streaming music services thanks to its large catalog, excellent curated content, and audiophile-friendly sound formats.

Type in a sentence describing the vibe you want, and Spotify's latest AI feature will give you a list of songs it thinks are a good match.

By Kate Irwin

The combined music-podcasts-audiobooks version of Spotify Premium will be $1 or $2 more per month depending on whether you have an individual or family plan.

By Joe Hindy

Google officially retired Google Podcasts on April 2; here's how to take advantage of its migration tool to move your subscriptions over to YouTube Music.

By Emily Price

The new Spotify feature is in beta and only available for a few artists, like Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat.

By Kate Irwin

Starting April 10, Tidal will consolidate its tiers and slash the price of its premium plan while still offering lossless audio, putting it in line with rivals like Amazon and Apple Music.

By Josh Hendrickson

The EU says Apple limits customers from finding alternative music subscription options like Spotify. Apple denies that it's done harm and claims Spotify is trying the 'bend the rules.'

By Kate Irwin

The plan features 15 hours of audiobook listening per month for $9.99, but a Premium plan offers the same thing, plus unlimited music and podcast listening, for just $1 more per month.

By Joe Hindy