Siri can now learn users' preferred music app, allowing Spotify listeners to request songs, podcasts, and playlists without specifying which app to use.

The company launched technology.spotify.com, a new site that will make its internal tech available to outsiders.

Spotify has renewed its licensing agreement with Joe Rogan, whose podcast remains the number one show on the platform - and in the world. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the multi-year agreement is valued at around $250 million, allowing new episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience to appear on Spotify and across other platforms each week.

The renewal builds on the lucrative relationship between Spotify and Rogan that began with an exclusive streaming agreement for The Joe Rogan Experience in 2020. The company later allowed the show to be distributed to YouTube, Apple, and other podcasting platforms as part of its 2024 deal with Rogan.

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Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion.