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Spotify is expanding beyond music streaming I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update Spotify a music streaming app is evolving into a video streaming app this week and we're not just talking about music videos back in May Spotify revealed that is partnering with major video outlets like ESPN Comedy Central TBS ABC NBC BBC to name a few and it's also going to be featuring popular podcasts in an interview with The Wall Street Journal Spotify said the new content is coming this week on Android and next week for iPhone adding video and podcasts encourages people to spend more time on the app and that means Spotify could make more money on advertisements Spotify has been busy making a number of changes lately just the other week it integrated with the Starbucks app so you can save the song that's playing in the store to your Spotify playlist Spotify isn't the only app broadening its reach the social messaging app snapchat seems to be working on new types of audio and video calling features Snap preps developers posted these screenshots of new features which seem to be hidden inside the current app it could be similar to Google Hangouts or Facebook messenger where you can make an audio or video call and also send stickers in a text chat of course snapchat isn't commenting about this so we shall have to wait and see if any of this becomes a real feature and that's not the only change coming to your apps Microsoft is rolling out new features to the personal assistant Cortana on Windows 10 she's scanning your email to remind you to keep your promises currently Cortana scans your email for any messages that have phrases regarding package delivery or upcoming flights to give you reminders Google now does the same but Cortana will soon also look for phrasing if you promise to do something for example if you tell your friend that you're gonna buy tickets to an event you'll get a pop-up reminding you that you said you're gonna buy those tickets Cortana is also paid attention to when you have a meeting that's earlier or later than your usual work times so you'll get alerted to take action since it's out of the ordinary that's it for this tech news update but you can catch up on the latest tech news it's calm and follow along on twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey