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,...
by Stephanie Watkinns | Jan 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Meet Helge Modén, the CTO behind AiFi surround sound technology and the vision to turn every device into surround sound In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there’s a scene Helge Modén loves. A spaceship arrives at Earth. The alien onboard wants to address...
by Stephanie Watkinns | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Streaming service launch benchmarks 2026 In 2025, streaming crossed a line it had been racing toward for more than a decade. For the first time, streaming usage surpassed the combined total of cable and broadcast TV. Not by a little, but decisively....
