by Stephanie Watkinns | May 6, 2026 | Articles
From Solo Listening to Shared Streaming Most of us walk around with a powerful speaker in our pocket, but we usually use it for a very small thing. One phone, one listener, tiny sound. When friends get together to share a song or a video, everyone leans over one...
by Stephanie Watkinns | May 5, 2026 | Articles
Your ad breaks are not working the way your dashboards say they are. Viewers might technically stay in session on your AVOD or FAST service, but their eyes and thumbs have already shifted to the one device you are not controlling: the phone in their hand. The hard...
by Stephanie Watkinns | May 5, 2026 | Articles
Remove Engineering Roadblocks to Social Audio Innovation The biggest barrier to innovation in streaming usually is not ideas; it is the engineering backlog. Product sees the opportunity, partnerships are in place, and design has a clear vision, but the audio work gets...
by Stephanie Watkinns | May 5, 2026 | Articles
Why Watch on Three Screens but Listen on One Most of us stream across a small army of devices, switching between phones, laptops, TVs, and tablets without a second thought. Video has kept up with this multi-screen life, yet audio is still stuck on a single, lonely...
by Stephanie Watkinns | May 5, 2026 | Articles
Shared Listening That Keeps Users Coming Back Collaborative playlist sessions are already changing how people listen to music. Listening is no longer just one person with headphones and a private queue; it is shared, social, and happening in real time with friends,...
