Latest news from the Crates team
What Is User-Owned Music, and Why It Matters in 2025 Reclaiming your music, your data, and your listening identity. The short answer User-owned music means you control your music library, your data, and your listening experience. It’s a shift away from the closed, algorithm-driven platforms that quietly reshaped how we consume music – and a …
Rethinking Music Discovery Beyond Algorithms The Short Answer Crates approaches music discovery through people, not prediction models. With Gems, listeners share meaningful recommendations grounded in taste, context, and trust – not engagement metrics or opaque algorithms. It is music discovery designed for humans. The problem with algorithmic music discovery Most mainstream discovery tools operate inside …
It’s been a while since our last post, but we’ve got a few exciting things to share! New Releases Since our last update, we’ve published three new releases — two for Desktop and one for iOS — packed with improvements, bug fixes, and new features – requested by our Supporters. 👉 For the full changelog, …
Since our last post, we’ve rolled out three new releases packed with fixes, improvements and a handful of new features, requested by you! If you haven’t updated yet, we can’t recommend it enough. Let’s see what’s new. Apple Silicon Build Now Available! Got a Mac with M1, M2, M3, or M4? We’ve got you. Crates …
We’re thrilled to share Crates Desktop 1.7.0 with you – it’s packed with updates designed to elevate your music collection experience! In this release, we focused on improving the ways you can visually browse your collection, by adding two new cornerstone features: Browse by Artist, Label, Genre or Tag – Dive deeper, rediscover your collection …
