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2022 was a good year for Netflix after a couple of stumbles. They enjoyed a lot of success in content-wise and subscriber count. The company successfully launched its ad tier at $6.99/month giving the consumer another jump on point onto their service and saving a couple of bucks on their streaming habits. The move comes as a valid trend to gain subscribers. It is projected the streamer will gain 7.5 million subscribers.

With Spotify Wrapped being a social media culture as it is, it is of no surprise YouTube Music and Apple Music are making sure their subscribers have the same feel on socials or better. Apple Music has launched a revamped 2022 Replay experience to let subscribers explore their top songs, artists, albums, genres, and more.

Netflix, the streaming giant that has dominated the entertainment industry for years, is venturing into new territory: live sports. Starting in November 2023, Netflix will offer live coverage of two major sports events: the PGA Tour and the Formula 1 World Championship.

Discord joins forces with Crunchyroll to allow its users to the movie and TV shows they are currently watching in their profile.

Spotify is taking some big swings with its app design as it looks to revamp its current design. These changes come in by maintaining some of the old charm and a mix of new interesting ideas. The update comes with new features that help the audio experience and take a big swing in terms of videos on the platform. Spotify goes full TikTok on some of the new updates which seems like the direction social apps are heading toward with the push. Videos seem to be a huge focus of all these apps. The looks are not all of it as there are some new features included.

Apple announces an increase in the subscription prices for its services in the US.

YouTube music rollout its own recap for users' listening habits for the year. This is similar to Spotify wrapped, something that has been a social tradition online across various social networks

Netflix adds a new feature for members to move their profiles to new accounts.

With Apple's latest update on its iOS, various apps have moved to create custom widgets for the new updates. Google’s YouTube Music joins in with its widgets.

Here come YouTube Shorts on TV.