Samsung partners with Tidal for tailored TV experience

Just weeks after announcing a partnership with Spotify, Samsung TV has partnered with a second major streaming service: Tidal.

Music Business Worldwide has reported that Tidal subscribers who own Samsung TV with Tizen 3.0 software (2017 and 2018 models, then) will soon be able to have a tailored TV home screen interface that ‘prioritises Tidal visual content’.

Via the home screen, users will have access to the app's features: the latest releases, curated video playlists and other content such as concerts, livestreams, music videos and podcasts; the 'My Collection' screen, allowing users to personalise their favourite content; and an optimised search function.

The streaming service said its app for Samsung TVs is ‘just the beginning of the partnership’ between the two companies, so, as with Spotify, we should see further integration within Samsung products in the future...

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Becky Roberts

Becky is the managing editor of What Hi-Fi? and, since her recent move to Melbourne, also the editor of Australian Hi-Fi magazine. During her 10 years in the hi-fi industry, she has been fortunate enough to travel the world to report on the biggest and most exciting brands in hi-fi and consumer tech (and has had the jetlag and hangovers to remember them by). In her spare time, Becky can often be found running, watching Liverpool FC and horror movies, and hunting for gluten-free cake.