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Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is informing users that username-based logins will stop working on September 1, 2026. You’ll need to sign in using your email address and password instead. Other sign-in methods, including Google and Apple account logins, should ideally remain unchanged. Spotify is making a notable change to how you access your

Taylor Kerns / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is expanding beyond music and podcasts with narrated magazine articles inside the app. More than 650 spoken stories from publishers like WIRED, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone are now available through Spotify Audiobooks. Narrated articles live in Spotify’s audiobook section and are capped at under two hours each. Spotify

Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify appears to be experiencing an outage. Over 4,000 users are reporting that the service is down. Some users claim the app is back up on desktop. Update: April 29, 2026 (12:19 PM ET): All signs are pointing to Spotify being back online, with fewer than 100 reports on Downdetector