How to Get Notifications for New Music on Spotify

If you follow artists and podcasts on Spotify, you probably want to know when they release new music and episodes. Notifications for these things have been notoriously unreliable in the past, but Spotify has made some changes. We’ll show you.

For a long time, the Spotify app on iPhone, iPad, and Android had a toggle in the notification settings for new music, but it never really did anything. In August of 2021, Spotify revamped notifications by adding a “What’s New” feed to the app.

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How to Update Arch Linux

Keeping packages up-to-date is important on any Linux distro. Arch operates on a rolling release model, delivering bleeding-edge updates to your virtual door as soon as they’re ready. Because of that, frequent updates (combined with effective backups) are necessary to avoid a broken system and corrupt packages.

Most Arch-based distros use the pacman package manager to download and install updates, a  process technically referred to as “syncing.” You’ll use pacman commands to keep your packages synced and operational.

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How to Add Movies & TV Shows to Your Android TV Watchlist

Android TV and Google TV are different, but they do share some features. One such feature is the “Watchlist.” This is your personal list of content that you want to watch. Here’s how it works on Android TV.

The Watchlist is as simple as it sounds. It’s just a place for you to save movies and TV shows that you want to watch or be able to easily find. The Watchlist is connected to your Google account, so it can sync across your Android TV and Google TV devices.

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How to Use Google Maps in Incognito Mode

Private browsing—often called “Incognito Mode”—is a standard feature in web browsers, but it can be useful in other apps, too. Google Maps has an Incognito feature that’s surprisingly powerful. We’ll show you how it works.

You can see how much Google tracks your location by visiting your “Google Maps Timeline.” This information is not set in stone. Locations and the entire day’s worth of information can be removed. However, Google Maps’ Incognito feature can do this proactively.

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