Samsung Games Hub Launches, Crosby Stills and Nash are back on Spotify, would you use Snapchat+?

We’re back live with your 60 second tech update.

 

Starting with news for gamers - if you have a Samsung TV you’ll be able to access its new Gaming Hub.

 

This is another move towards gaming without a console - grab a Bluetooth controllers and pair a set of headphones and you’ll be able to play titles from Xbox Cloud Gaming, Google’s Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now - we’re told Amazon’s Luna platform is coming soon.

 

 

Snapchat has really been overtaken by the rise of Instagram and TikTok in the last few years but it’s still hanging around with around 332 million people around the world using it every day.

 

Now it’s trying to persuade them to PAY for additional content.

 

Snapchat+ features what the company calls ‘exclusive, experimental and pre release feature’ - it costs 3 dollars 99 a month and the UK is included in the countries getting the new features first.

 

70s rock stars Crosby Stills and Nash have put their music back on Spotify, 5 months after they quit in protest at podcaster Joe Rogan’s comments on COVID.

 

Neil Young’s music remains OFF the platform.