Spotify offers one of the best Apple Music features to help forgetful fans

Spotify offers one of the best Apple Music features to help forgetful fans

Spotify has introduced a new feature that allows music fans to search for songs using lyrics. Using the iOS or Android app, you can now type lyrics into the search bar, and Spotify will bring up a list of potentially matching songs. Clues that match the letter you entered are accompanied by a "Match Letters" tag. It's a handy feature, and anyone who's ever had a track stuck in their head will know how annoying it is to not be able to remember the name of the song. Lyrics search is a feature Apple Music has had since 2018, though, and it's not the only feature Spotify has stolen from its biggest rival. Earlier this year, Spotify began rolling out real-time lyrics provided by Musicxmatch, which can be found by swiping over a track while listening, allowing you to sing along; again, Apple was the first to bring this feature to its streaming service.

The battle of streaming services

Despite some of Apple Music's ideas, Spotify is still by far the most popular music streaming service. As of April 2020, Spotify had 130 million subscribers, while estimates put the number of Apple Music subscribers at 68 million by the end of 2019. Apple may be able to close the gap in 2021, with the launch of its new service. subscription service, Apple One. Combining some of Apple's biggest products into a single package, the service was announced at the Apple 2020 event and includes iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, and the latest service from Apple. , Apple Fitness Plus, which offers daily and advanced workouts. fitness tracking. Today's best Spotify and Apple Music deals