Nest Cam Outdoor review – CNET
Nest takes it outdoors
Nest’s first product in a year isn’t necessarily revolutionary, but it’ll allow for Nest monitoring in an outdoor setting.
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The Nest Cam Outdoor will be available this fall.
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Nest Cam Outdoor, a $199/£150 outside-only Wi-Fi security camera, is slated to join the smart home brand’s product lineup this fall. International availability is expected to follow soon after.
Complete with 1080p video resolution, livestreaming capabilities, two-way talk, a 130-degree field of view, and night vision, Nest Cam Outdoor shares a lot of specs with the Google/Alphabet property’s existing Nest Cam, now called Nest Cam Indoor.
The team super-sized the power adapter for the outside version, and extended the power cable to roughly 25 feet. A magnetic disk gives you an instant base plate when it makes contact with a gutter or another obliging surface. And since the palm-sized Nest Cam Outdoor has a magnetic backing of its own, outdoor installation sounds really simple. In theory, at least. Of course, if you don’t have something magnetic handy, the team also includes a screw-in base for a more permanent installation.
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On the software side of things, Nest Cam Outdoor will be accessible via the same Android and iPhone apps as before. You’ll still have access to Nest Aware (the brand’s opt-in month-to-month subscription service), too — with a few changes. Nest Aware already allows for advanced features like motion and sound alerts, and continuous cloud recording, but it will add a facial-recognition feature called Person alerts with the launch of Nest Cam Outdoor.
While Person alerts won’t be able to distinguish between specific people and strangers like the ArcSoft Simplicam or the Netatmo Welcome, it is supposed to be able to tell the difference between a face and something else, like a passing car. Maxime Veron, Nest’s director of hardware product marketing, said in an interview that the Nest Cam Outdoor might be able to distinguish among more things in the future, too. Veron also confirmed that IFTTT and Works with Nest integrations will be available at launch.
No, this new security camera isn’t a huge departure for the brand. In fact, we’ve been waiting for Nest’s next piece of hardware for quite awhile. Even so, I’m intrigued by Person alerts and look forward to trying it out when Nest Cam Outdoor hits stores this fall.
Polk MagniFi Mini Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET
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The competition for compact, affordable sound bars is heating up with JBL, Zvox and now Polk getting in on the act.
The Polk MagniFi Mini ($299) is an “ultra-narrow soundbar and included slim wireless subwoofer” that is designed for smaller living spaces like bedrooms.
Despite the relatively low price it appears to be packed with features, including Bluetooth, networking (with Google Cast) and HDMI with Dolby Digital decoding. It also incorporates Polk’s patented sound modes for use at low volumes or to increase speech intelligibility.
Like the JBL Boost TV the Mini is compact at only 13.4 inches long and 3.1 inches high, though the JBL lacks a subwoofer. The MagniFi Mini includes four 2.25-inch drivers and two 12mm tweeters for the main unit.
The sound bar will be available in October, while UK and Australian pricing and availability are yet to be announced.
LG V20, G5, Note 7, S7 Edge: Display Showdown
If you haven’t realized it, of late, we’ve been detailing the display section of our reviews a bit more than we’ve done in the past. Since we’re always trying to evolve our reviews process, we’re diving deeper into how we look at the displays in smartphones, by taking a deliberate path of uncovering their qualities using our new benchmark process. And with that in mind, we’re focusing our attention on the latest smartphone from LG – the multimedia powerhouse in the V20.
On paper, the LG V20’s display reads very much similar to its predecessor, but we all know that it’s unlikely that the same panel has been recycled. Yes, the V20’s 5.7-inch Quad HD IPS-LCD display with Gorilla Glass 4 is identical to specs found with the V10 last year, as well as the inclusion of its Second Screen, but the company was sure to mention that the Second Screen was brighter than before, going up to 68 nits from the former’s 35 nit reach. All of that is fine and dandy, but most of the attention will be place on the main display – so with that, we’re here to uncover what LG has crafted here with the V20.
This wouldn’t be a fair analysis, after all, if we have nothing else to compare its results against. And that’s why we’re also including the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, Note 7, and LG G5 into the mix, to see exactly how LG’s latest phone fairs against the competition.
It’s really bright, brighter than most
Right from the get-go, the V20’s display is notable for the sheer amount of luminance it’s able to muster up. Reaching a peak output of 714 nits, the display ensures that visibility isn’t compromised at all when viewing it outdoors – with the sun glaring down on it. In my experience, displays that produce 500+ nits tend to be usable under these conditions, so it’s swell to know that the V20 retains substantial visibility. That, of course, is something worth praising, just because not every phone is able to remain visible when it’s used in direct sunlight. Using them in the dark is one thing, but it’s totally another outside on a sunny day.
In that respect, the V20 earns some respect for being quite usable outdoors. Comparatively speaking, it’s definitely up there when compared to its esteemed rivals – namely the stuff from Samsung’s camp. Relying on a totally different display technology, Super AMOLED to be exact, the Galaxy S7, S7 edge, and Note 7 all produce some respectable levels at a little over 500 nits, well above other high-end phones, but none of them can achieve the same level of potency.
However, the LG G5 is just a smidgen better, but not by much at all. In fact, it tops out at 755 nits, besting the V20 in the process, but we wouldn’t say that it’s enough to make it significantly noticeable day-to-day.
Unbelievably cold color temperature
Right away, something becomes apparent the moment we start surfing the web on the V20. A keen eye is definitely needed to make it out, but as we stare at some of the white dead space while surfing through some sites, it’s quite telling that there’s a colder color temperature with the display here. The color white has a tinge of blue in it, indicating the obvious: that it’s an extremely cold panel.
In our testing, the IPS-LCD display reaches a color temperature of ~9100K, which is nowhere close to the “ideal” temperature of 6500K – indicating that it’s neither too warm or too cold. Unfortunately for the V20, it steers towards the colder side of the spectrum, making it one of the coldest displays I’ve come across dealing with high-end and flagship phones.
Ironically, AMOLEDs have been known to be exceptionally cold with their color temperatures, but in recent years, Samsung has perfected its own homemade Super AMOLED displays to be on par to those using LCD technology. In this scenario, all of Samsung’s recent smartphones exhibit color temperatures that are very close to the ideal level of 6500K.
All told, the V20’s display is just obnoxiously colder toned than most other things on the market right now.
Ouch, it’s poorly color calibrated
Things don’t get better for the V20’s ability to accurately reproduce colors in the sRGB color spectrum chart, where it just fails to hit the reference points within the boundary. Sad to say, it manages to hit only one single target, but fails miserably with everything else. Bringing your attention to its color gamut chart in the sRGB spectrum, you can see how all the colors are inaccurately produced.
Yellows seems to be influenced by greens, while magentas have a hint of blue in them. Even worse, the V20 can’t even properly recreate the color teal, which is arguably the easiest color to reproduce out of the bunch. Honestly, it’s pretty rare for a display to botch the color teal, but the V20 does exactly that – wherein teals creep into blue territory.
Now, it’s one thing to be overblown and saturated, but there’s no consistency to the V20’s color path. For those who are particular about color accuracy, the V20 is an unlikely candidate, due to how it just can’t produce realistic, true-to-life colors. Well, it definitely shows that the V20 follows after the G5, seeing that the two results are nearly identical.
Over on the AMOLED side, Samsung’s offerings are close to perfect as they come when it comes to color accuracy – albeit, you’ll need to set the display to basic mode. Under its adaptive mode, the phones tends to produce more saturation with colors, which is not a bad thing for some folks.
Conclusion
Going back to its specs, we have zero complaints about what we see on paper with the V20’s screen. Quad-HD resolution, check. Sizable screen, check. Second screen, that’s a nice addition. But even though it’s able to push out some serious luminance, the overall tone of the display is subdued. Some displays just have that iridescence and charm when we first peek at them, drawing us closer to inspect them even more. With the V20’s display, however, I didn’t find myself ogling or drooling over the screen – it just looked decent, almost blah in a way.
That, of course, could all be attributed to its poor color temperature and its inability to accurately produce colors realistically. While its luminance isn’t called into question at all, since it’s actually one of the more potent ones out there, the other two qualities I mentioned just limits its ability to be compelling – from a display standpoint, naturally. You might not feel the same way, but if you were to place it besides any of Samsung’s flagships, you’ll see exactly how its superior qualities makes for a mesmerizing display that gets more attention.
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Galaxy Note 7 replacements hit stores on September 21st
If you’ve turned in your Galaxy Note 7 (like you should!), you’ve probably been wondering when Samsung would start getting replacement devices out the door. Turns out you won’t have to wait too long: the company just announced that “most retail locations” in the US will have the phone available on September 21st. This news comes as the US consumer safety group officially recalled the product, a move that Samsung already made a few weeks earlier.
In case you haven’t been paying attention to Samsung’s issues, the company recalled the Galaxy Note 7 after reports of the battery overheating and, in some cases, exploding. It’s been a tough few weeks for the company since, as it lost a huge amount of market value and had to suffer such indignities as the NYC MTA telling consumers not to use the phone on the subway and the FAA warning against using the Note 7 on airplanes.
The good news is that replacement phones will be out in the wild and in consumer’s hands less than a month since these troubling reports first started coming in. If you own a Note 7, you can either turn it in and get a new one when your preferred retailer has stock, swap it for a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge and get a refund for the price difference or get a full refund. It looks like Samsung will have this embarrassing incident behind it before long, but it’ll certainly feel the impact when the company reports its financials next month.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S7 camera lens case is a wonderful, hard-to-justify accessory
Just about everyone’s taking smartphone pictures with the same focal length — but you can change that.
Since the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge were released, I’ve been enamored by the official Samsung “camera lens case” that lets you attach two high-quality camera lenses — one wide-angle, one telephoto — to the phone for unique shooting possibilities. Then Samsung just didn’t launch the cases in the U.S., or pretty much any big market around the world. Being a self-proclaimed photography nerd I just had to try them, though.
So when the good people over at MobileFun offered to send me a Galaxy S7 camera lens case for review, I took them up on it right away. Here’s what I’ve found using is odd-looking contraption for my photographic escapades.
A fun new way to shoot
The important starting point here is that this is a package deal — in order to use the two lenses, you need to use the included case. Rather than sticking or clamping onto the phone like third-party solutions, you put a slick little silicone case on the phone that includes threads around the hole that exposes the phone’s camera lens. You then simply screw the lens you want into the nicely textured case, and you’re up and running — this ensures the lenses fit perfectly onto the built-in camera lens, for distortion-free shooting.
Nicer metal and glass than any third-party lens you’ll find
In the package you get a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens. Samsung doesn’t give details on the focal length, but my educated guess is the wide-angle lens sits at about a 18 mm equivalent, and the telephoto a 60 mm equivalent. The lenses are good bookend focal lengths for the Galaxy S7’s integrated lens to sit right in the middle, giving you a triumvirate of lens options altogether.
Yes, this is very much the same idea on offer in slightly different ways in both the the LG V20 and iPhone 7 Plus, but the size and quality of these secondary Samsung lenses is in no way matched by those tiny integrated units. Both lenses are extremely well-made bits of metal with nice glass inside, and when they’re screwed into the case you get as good a connection to the phone’s camera lens as you can expect. They’re sturdy, look nice and stay put. The lenses have their own plastic carrying case that stows the lenses locked together with lens caps on the end.
The wide-angle lens is the smaller of the two, but still pretty big. It’s about twice the thickness of the Galaxy S7 itself. It’s almost small enough to let me fit the phone with the lens attached in my front pants pocket comfortably, but its size meant I couldn’t do that for long. If I wanted to commit to having the lens attached, that meant carrying the phone in my hand while it was put together. The lens is small enough as to not be conspicuous when you’re out taking photos, though.
At a glance it isn’t that large, and it’s even small enough that you can set your phone down on a table without it looking weird. The phone case also provides a small lip around the front of the phone that’s big enough to let you put the Galaxy S7 face-down on a table, which surely is to keep you from relying on putting pressure on the lens in the back.
Being used to the constraint of the typical focal length of a phone camera, I really enjoyed shooting with the wide-angle lens. With the lens attached you get a whole new look to your shots, letting you fit a huge scene into one snap, rather than doing some sort of panorama shot. There’s just enough of a fisheye effect here that you see curves in long straight lines, which is a little bit of a hallmark of such a wide lens.
Our own Jerry Hildenbrand (also a photography nerd) noted that some software tuning in the phone to fix the distortion in the wide-angle shots would have been nice, but I personally quite like the slightly distorted view. That little fisheye look gives it a unique feeling that clearly separates it from the view of the internal lens, and I used it to good effect in some specific shots that really accentuated the scale and scope of everything in the frame.
For as big as the wide-angle lens is, the telephoto lens immediately invokes visions of sports photographers on the sidelines with massive lenses hanging off of their DSLRs. The Telephoto lens is roughly double the thickness of the wide-angle lens. It’s big enough that you can set the Galaxy S7 on a table in landscape mode and the lens props it up like a kickstand (maybe a nice little backup feature).
It’s far too big to fit in your pocket, and it really sticks out when you’re just trying to use the phone “normally” while not taking photos. While you can kinda get away with having the wide-angle lens on the phone, the telephoto is very much something you put on, take some photos, then take off the phone for another time.
While I’m completely smitten with the look from the wide-angle lens, the telephoto offering is a bit more of a mixed bag. The roughly 60 mm equivalent is drastically different from what you’re used to shooting with a phone’s camera, and it takes a bit of getting used to. The combination of such a long focal length and still an f/1.7 lens behind it means you’re going to see lots of defocusing of the foreground/background and vignetting around the edges of the scene in practically every shot.
If you play around with it for a while you can use the features of the lens for really unique shots you aren’t getting anywhere else on a smartphone, at least not without synthetic software blurring of shots. But unlike the wide-angle lens, this telephoto lens isn’t so “point and shoot” ready. There were a lot of photos I took with the telephoto lens that were just bad and I deleted — it definitely took some finessing to get right.
Actually using the lenses regularly
I seriously enjoy the new shooting options and the great quality of the photos I get from these external lenses. The only real issue here is that the lenses themselves are horridly large in relation to a thin and compact phone. The little carrying case for the lenses is as compact as it can be, and the phone case is one I wouldn’t mind using every day — but the lenses are just too big to carry around on a regular basis.
And even when I have my messenger bag or a backpack with me to carry the lenses, I’m not exactly willing to plant my feet, open up my bag, take out and attach a lens just to take a photo or two before returning the lens to its case. It’s too much friction for me, and in my case it takes longer than simply pulling out the Olympus OM-D E-M5 that’s in my bag and taking a far superior photo.
Worth the money?
So taking that all into consideration, let’s talk price and value. Though the MSRP is a bit higher, retailers have the Galaxy S7 camera lens case on sale for about $110; that gets you the case and both lenses. (It’s also available for the Galaxy S7 edge, by the way.)
When it comes to add-on camera lenses for phones, it should be said I’m not the biggest fan overall. Having standalone separate lenses that you have to carry around and attach kind of defeats the purpose of having a great compact camera in your pocket that you can pull out and snap a picture in an instant. But if you’re someone who’s going to consider buying an external lens solution for the Galaxy S7, this official case is the only way to do it. No fussy clips, no low-quality components — just a system that’s designed specifically for the phone, that enables you to take great photos that you can’t get any other way.
Whether or not that’s worth $110 to you is another question that you’ll have to answer for yourself. The case you’re required to use for this setup is quite nice, and factoring that in may bring down the effective price for you… but this is still a big ask for something that you may end up finding isn’t something you’ll use regularly enough to justify owning. True photography nerds may get in on it, but average Galaxy S7 owners will likely stick with their integrated lens.
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Here’s how the new PlayStation 4 compares to the original!
How much thinner is the new PlayStation 4?
While all eyes were on Sony’s big PlayStation 4 Pro during the announcement, a new slimmer PlayStation 4 snuck onto store shelves. Instead of being called a Slim model like previous generations, it’s simply also called PlayStation 4.
The goal is to replace the current PlayStation 4 on store shelves eventually, leaving only this new model and the PlayStation 4 Pro for shoppers to choose between. Until that happens, there are a pair of boxes labeled PlayStation 4 on shelves and it’s not entirely clear what the differences between them are. Here’s what you need to know!
In keeping with Sony’s previous slim PlayStation releases, the goal with this new PS4 is mostly aesthetic. Sony claims the new PlayStation 4 consumes less power, but the big feature here is size. The new PlayStation 4 is noticeably thinner, and slightly narrower. As you can see by comparing the two side by side, the updated design drops the even split on either side of the big black line in the middle of the console and instead makes the top way thinner. This updated design is also matte black instead of glossy on half, and the under side of the casing swaps out streaks of anti-skid rubber for PlayStation themed anti-skid marks.
As silly as this may seem, the biggest update to the new PlayStation 4 design is the inclusion of discrete buttons on the face of the console. These two buttons, instead of the touch sensitive strips on the face, make it abundantly clear when you’re powering on/off and ejecting a disk. It’s a fairly small update in the grand scheme of things, but anyone who regularly tapped the front of the original PlayStation 4 only to have nothing happen will welcome the change.
Sony’s DualShock 4 controller has also received a slight update, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at them powered off. The touch pad in the center of the controller now shows you a sliver of light coming from the light bar. This means you know when the controller is producing light without looking at the back of the controller, and no extra power is consumed in the process. It’s a nice little detail, but not something that will send most folks scrambling to replace their existing controllers.
The new PlayStation 4, which is currently being sold in a 500GB bundle with Uncharted 4, is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Sony with its “slim” releases. It’s a physical update so this standard PlayStation 4 looks like a sibling to the PlayStation 4 Pro. It looks nice unless you’re a fan of the white version of the PlayStation 4, and as the packaging suggests it’s everything you need to get ready for PlayStation VR. Just like choosing between this new PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 4 Pro, the biggest reason anyone would choose the original version over this newer version is price.
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Samsung officially recalls Note 7 with U.S. CPSC, 92 incidents reported thus far
It’s all very official now, but the recommendation hasn’t changed — return your Note 7.
Following its informal announcement last week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced an official recall of the Galaxy Note 7. The official notice from the CPSC says that “about 1 million” Note 7s were sold prior to September 15, and claims there have been 92 official reports of Note 7 batteries overheating or exploding.
The official recall, stemming from cooperation between Samsung and the U.S. CPSC, comes weeks after Samsung voluntarily started recalling and replacing phones. Still, the recall up to this point hasn’t gone particularly smoothly thanks to the multitude of moving parts and retailers involved.
Samsung has voluntarily recalled phones for weeks, but it had to be official at some point
Now that it’s all official on a governmental level, it means there are now strict (though tough to enforce) restrictions on being able to bring recalled units onto planes in the U.S. Naturally there are also edicts against importing the phones until the problem is deemed to have been resolved. The same restriction will also get every branch of the retailers and carriers that sold the Note 7 to cooperate and get phones swapped out.
The rest of the CPSC’s official recall notice is a recap of things we already knew. It lists the various phone numbers to call in order to return your Note 7 to the carrier or retailer you purchased from, as well as how to contact Samsung directly for a replacement.
In a statement given to Android Central, Samsung claims “replacement devices will be available in the United States at most retail locations no later than September 21, 2016.”
Though many people have already turned in their Note 7 for a refund or an impending replacement, the hope here is that an official recall with the CPSC will get those hanging onto their phones to head into a store and get it replaced. The sooner we can all get our Note 7 turned in, the better.
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You can’t search ‘butt’ in iMessage now because it showed MLP porn
Porn and My Little Pony should never go together. Like, ever.
When Apple released iOS 10 to the public this week, it introduced a new iMessage app with the built-in ability to search GIFs. There were many third-party keyboards available previously that let you do the same thing, but now Apple itself has given users a feature within its updated messages app that allows them to seamlessly browse and share animated clips, among other things.
- iOS 10 Messages explained: What’s new and how to use it
But one thing Apple probably didn’t see coming is that users would be able to use the GIF-search feature to share My Little Pony porn. Yes, that’s a thing. Deadspin noticed on Wednesday that when you search the word “butt” in iMessage, the app instantly surfaced pornographic images, including a very sexual GIF of the female My Little Pony character Fluttershy.
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My Little Pony is a Hasbro toy franchise that became popular during the 1980s, and it eventually inspired animated specials, as well as an animated feature-length film and multiple animated television series. It’s now inspiring porn GIFs, apparently. What’s primarily unusual about this situation, other than the obvious, is that Apple typically prohibits searches for most sexual terms.
Apple is also very strict about allowing porn in iOS apps. Still, this must’ve slipped through the cracks. Don’t worry about your children finding this stuff and becoming traumatised, however, as Apple finally censored the results around 10:30 am EST on Thursday. It pulled the ability to search for “butt” GIFs in iMessage, though misspellings of body parts can still result in similar GIFs.
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One has to question whether Apple should censor GIFs at all, but it’s maintained keeping iOS a porn-free, family-friendly platform for nearly 10 years, so we doubt it will change stances anytime soon.
Mammoth UK nuclear plant receives final government thumbs-up
Eight years after it was first proposed, the UK government today gave the final go-ahead for Hinkley Point C, a new nuclear power plant to be built in Somerset. The two-reactor site is expected to become operational in 2025, at which point the majority of live nuclear power stations in the UK will be decommissioned, or only a few years away from the same fate. Point C is slated to generate 3,200 megawatts — roughly 7 percent of the UK’s total consumption and well over double the output of any currently operational site. The first new nuclear plant to be built in the UK in decades, it’ll also be one of the priciest projects the world has even seen, with conservative estimates putting construction costs alone at £18 billion.
Hinkley Point C will be funded primarily by France’s EDF Group and its Chinese partner CGN: An arrangement that’s been subject to several reviews by the UK government. In fact, today’s approval comes with some extra fine print, agreed to by EDF to get the project off the ground. One of the key criticisms of Point C is that this huge piece of energy infrastructure will be controlled by foreign investors. The new agreement with EDF means the government will have some weight to throw around, though.
The powers that be can prevent EDF from selling its stake prior to completion, for example, as well as intervene on any dealings after the site is up and running. The Office for Nuclear Regulation will have to be notified of any potential changes to ownership, and will work with the government to “protect national security,” should any need for that arise.
The nuclear plant has been controversial since its very inception, and it’s not just who owns the thing that people have taken issue with — the government guaranteeing EDF a price per megawatt hour (Mwh) that’s more than double the current cost of wholesale electricity, for instance.
Also, aside from the obvious safety concerns, organisations like Greenpeace have long criticised the Hinkley plan as a step backwards. Many argue such a huge amount of money would be better spent elsewhere, on renewable sources. In addition to this mammoth nuclear plant, the UK recently approved plans for the world’s largest wind farm, to be built off the coast of Grimsby.
Via: Gizmodo
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Apple says it won’t be buying Tidal anytime soon
A few months ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was in acquisition talks with Tidal, a music streaming service helmed by Jay-Z as well as a number of prominent musicians. Yesterday, however, those rumors were shut down. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Jimmy Iovine, the head of Apple Music, said: “We’re not looking to acquire any streaming service.” He did not indicate that there weren’t any talks, but it does seem that a Tidal acquisition is off the cards, at least for now.
Some have said that a Tidal acquisition seemed like a good fit to not only increase Apple’s prominence in the streaming music industry, but to also remove competition when it comes to exclusives especially from the likes of Beyonce and Kanye West. Further, it seems as if Tidal is in need of at least some financial assistance, as it recently reported a $28 million loss in 2015. Tidal’s subscription numbers of 4.2 million also pales in comparison to Apple Music’s 17 million. Both have quite a ways to catch up to Spotify’s 40 million base, but a combined force could’ve helped.
Apple Music recently reported a 2 million user uptick in just the past three months. It also teased an Apple Music redesign and touted its own line of exclusives from artists such as Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean and Drake.
Source: BuzzFeed
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