Plus, giving our artists a global platform goes hand in hand with offering an unmatched catalog for our listeners. All this untapped music energy and access to our innovative creator tools will help propel artists to new heights and empower them to turn their passion into a profession. The existing rich music cultures in each of these markets will now be able to reach Spotify’s global audience. These 80+ markets represent more than 1 billion people-potential Spotify listeners who have yet to tap into the power of our platform. Working closely with local creators and partners, we’ll deliver a Spotify experience that meets the unique needs of each market, with scaled language translations and specialized payment formats. Our dedication to international artists and listeners is unwavering.

These moves represent Spotify’s broadest market expansion to date.Īs we shared during today’s Stream On event, this expansion will help ensure that sounds and stories that once remained local can reach a global audience. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.As part of our ongoing commitment to building a truly borderless audio ecosystem- connecting creators, listeners, and content- Spotify is embarking on a sweeping expansion that will introduce the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service available to more than a billion people in 80+ new markets around the world, and add 36 languages to our platform. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus.

Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.

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