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Spotify went mobile almost two years ago exactly. The iOS and Android apps werereleasedsimultaneously to premium subscribers in September 2009, and today the music streaming service has announced a “small, yet important” update to its Android app. In ablog postearlier, it announced that language support for French and Spanish was being added to the Android app, but you will have to follow special installationinstructionswhilst it’s still in testing mode. To install it, users must set their Android handsets to allow installations from ‘Unknown Sources’ by going to the Settings>Applications >Unknown sources menu....

If you ever feel like a boring normie, Spotify wants to let you know that at least your taste in music is special. The streaming giant today launchedOnly You, a new feature that generates personalized playlists and pays you fawning compliments for your “unique” listening habits. The experience is similar to Spotify Wrapped, with a visual breakdown of your streaming patterns, a Stories-like interface, and new insights about your tastes....

Last October, five months afterSpotify acquired Joe Rogan’s podcast, several employees protested againstthe show’s transphobic nature. There was even more controversy afterRogan hosted an episode with Alex Jones, whose InfoWars podcast was banned by Facebook and Apple. Spotify has mostly diverted the questions about the podcasts’ content — until now. In an interview withAxios, CEO Daniel Ek, said that the company exercises no editorial control over its creators: We have a lot of really well-paid rappers on Spotify too, that make tens of millions of dollars, if not more, each year from Spotify....

Spotify today launched a paid subscription podcast platform, a week afterApple unveiled plansfor a similar service. The new product gives creators a way to monetize their content. They can access the feature through Anchor, Spotify’s podcast creation tool. After marking episodes as subscriber-only, they can publish them to Spotify and other platforms. Creators initially won’t have to pay the streaming giant to use the service, although they will have to cover the transaction fees....

This week atTech CrunchDisrupt in New York City,SpotOnlaunched to drive a fork into the restaurant recommendation space. Yelp isone of those websitesthat launched prior to the era of social media infiltration and it’s failed to make the transition. It lacks a social verification feature, a community and there’s no Facebook friend experience. Let’s face it. Yelp is like the evil robotic yellow pages. Meanwhile, SpotOn’s friendly flower petal rating system and social features appeal to our much needed restaurant discovery experience....