Music charts have been a staple for decades, showing folks how popular specific songs and artists are, usually at a national or global level. But what about regional differences? Could it be that people in Dallas are digging a very different set of tracks than the denizens of New York City or Seattle? Enter Apple Music‘s latest feature, City Charts, whoch gives a look at the top 25 tracks from major metro areas around the U.S. and around the world.
The City Charts, which cover more than 100 cities globally, are updated daily, Apple says. And they’re not exclusively based on the number of plays a track is getting. Apparently, Apple also looks for “additional signs of local popularity” to rank the top 25 songs gaining momentum with listeners locally, though the press release Digital Trends received did not offer any details on these additional factors.
You can access City Charts from Apple Music’s Charts page. It’s one of several new features hitting Apple’s subscription streaming music service today. Others include:
It’s a big week for Apple software and services. Today, the company rolled out iOS 14.5 and tvOS 14.5, the latter of which features a new color-balancing tool for Apple TV 4K owners.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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