Whether you like it or not, Spotify changed the way we listened on the go.
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Whether you like it or not, Spotify changed the way we listened on the go.
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Spotify released an update to its iOS and Android apps today, and with it comes a long-awaited feature: Chromecast support. At its Nexus event last month, Google said that Chromecast would finally support Spotify, and now that day has arrived â at least for some users. The update means Spotify will work with the new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, but first-generation Chromecast users will have to wait a little longer. Spotify says support will roll out to existing Chromecasts "soon."
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Music streaming service Spotify is updating its iOS app today with features reminiscent of two of the more popular apps out today, Snapchat and Tinder and their press-to-play and swiping gestures. Perhaps not a moment too soon, considering Snapchat’s potential interest in a music service of it own.Specifically, a new Touch Preview option lets users listen to a song by…
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Popular music subscription service Spotify updated its official iPad app on Thursday with a new look in line with its iPhone client, while also giving users access to the "Your Music" feature. In addition, Microsoft's Skype for iPhone was also updated with the ability to save and delete photo, as well as a faster chat load time.
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Remember the jukebox? No, not the rock and roll machine hugging the wall at your local dive bar, but the digital music players we all used to manage MP3s back in the late 2000s. There was Winamp, Musicmatch Jukebox, and later iTunes. These apps listed your library of songs track by track and often featured big, visible play / pause / forward buttons that emulated the look of a car dashboard. They all seemed to agree that this is how your music should look....
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Spotifyâs updated iOS apps now lets you listen to music without a subscription.
Nearly a month after being announced, Spotify's free music shuffling service has come to the iOS. In a new update today, iPhone and iPod users can listen to music playlists they've made free of charge, though there's a hitch. Unlike paying users, freeloaders can only pick an artist or playlist they want to hear, and songs play randomly with ads interspersed every few tracks. It's a more focused version of Spotify's existing free radio feature, and designed to get people to sign up for the company's...
Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday released an update to its iPhone and iPad apps that officially enables new subscription-free streaming features the company promised last month.
Streaming music service Spotify announced on Wednesday that iPhone and iPad users can now access its content without having to pay for a subscription, though there are restrictions on how music can be played from a mobile device.
Spotify is making it easier to keep track of your favorite artist's tour dates from an iPhone or iPad. The company today updated its iOS app and now displays upcoming concert dates directly on a musician's main page. Concert data is sourced from Songkick, which also powers similar functionality on Spotify's desktop music player. With today's update, Spotify also says it's begun rolling out a new, faster search that will provide instant results and let you search through playlists and user profiles....
Spotify teamed up with Songkick last month to list upcoming concerts on artists’ profile pages throughout its desktop app. Today, that functionality has been rolled out to Spotify’s iPhone and iPad apps too....
Spotify for iOS has today been handed another new update with several nice improvements. In addition to adding artist tour details, it brings a much-improved search function, support for the Japanese language, and lots of bug fixes.
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Spotify is today adding a new feature to its iOS app that represents the streaming company’s most ambitious move yet to position itself as the go-to music app on connected devices — and in the process entice more people to pay the $9.99 per month required to use the app. It’s launching Spotify Connect, a new button in the app that will let users seamlessly shift Spotify music playing between…
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Spotify has made finding music on its service even easier after it introduced ‘Browse’, a feature that surfaces the best of the one billion-plus playlists that it houses....
Spotify has a lot of things going for it, but the experience of using it isn’t necessarily among them. On Tuesday, the company moved to address some of those shortcomings with an update that primarily affects iPhone and iPod touch users. Oh, and there’s a new icon to go along with it....
Spotify's official iOS application was updated Tuesday with a new "Discover" option that allows users to find new music based on their listening habits. Separately, after the shutdown of Google Reader, Reeder for iPhone has been updated with sync support for Feedly and also Feed Wrangler.
Spotify for iOS has been updated today to finally bring the Discover feature to the iPhone, which was first made available to everyone back in May. The version 0.7.1 update also adds the ability to edit your playlists, introduces a new home screen icon, and a new Now Playing view.
The Spotify app for iOS has been updated with a few new features. The biggest addition is the "Discover" tab, long an option elsewhere, which has now made its way over to Apple devices. Discover gives you recommendations based on your playlists and listening preferences, but the feature apparently isn't available to everyone yet; Spotify says it's "coming soon to everyone." The "Now Playing" view for iPhone has changed slightly as well; it doesn't immediately kick you out of your playlist or search...
Spotify has today updated its iOS app with revamped navigation options that make it easier to scoot around the app and get to the music you want to play....
Fresh on the heels of a Windows Phone 8 launch, Spotify has just released a major update to its iOS app, which revamps the interface quite a bit. The latest version is dubbed Spotify 0.6.0, and it cleans up the interface while adding easier navigation for users. There’s a new sidebar which lets users swipe left and right to access further information and an all-inclusive menu for What’s New…
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Spotify’s official iOS app has received a new update that introduces a number of new features and improvements. In addition to playlist sorting on the iPad, Spotify promises “friendlier” login for first-time users on iPhone, a new settings menu that’s now arranged by category, faster radio, and more.
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Spotify today announced that Spotify Radio, a Pandora-esque recommendations service available in its desktop app, will be available later today through an app update on iOS devices. This marks the first time Spotify has ventured into music discovery on mobile devices, as well as the first time Spotify has let mobile users stream music for free. Until now, only Spotify Premium subscribers ($9.99/month) have had the ability to access the company's mobile app. Just like in Spotify's desktop app, you can...
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After months and months of waiting, Spotify finally released its iPad app this week, and it does not disappoint. It features a terrific interface optimized for the iPad’s larger screen, plus plenty of other great features. There’s no wonder why it’s at the top of this week’s must-have iOS apps roundup. Other picks include a great little app for controlling Bluetooth from your home screen, an impressive photography app from Polaroid, an innovative new web browser, and more.
A couple weeks ago, Spotify and Coca-Cola held a press conference in New York where the two companies partnered on a deal to use Coca-Cola's worldwide brand recognition to bring Spotify to hundreds of new countries. Spotify would be featured prominently in beverage ads, as well as on Coca-Cola's Facebook page, which pushes out daily updates to over 41 million people. At the end of the press conference, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and a few Coca-Cola executives asked for questions from the crowd, which was...
After months of waiting, popular music streaming service Spotify is finally coming to the iPad, launching today on the App Store with Retina graphics, a unique tablet-centric design and AirPlay…
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While Spotify has been churning out news, one question kept popping up: when are we going to get an iPad app? Well, Spotify is finally obliging, giving premium users a polished iPad version that it hopes can rule the living room.
Don’t stop the music. It seems obvious, but MOG is the first of the big on-demand music streaming services to get this right on a tablet. Today MOG officially releases its iPad app, and it includes MOG Radio which when enabled will continue to play songs after your currently queued tracks finish. No more hours of accidental silence. It’s also retina-ready to crisply display artwork, bios, editor’s picks, and reviews. Compared to Rdio’s iPad app and Spotify for iPhone (no iPad app available), MOG has the...
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Spotify's iOS app has just received a major boost: All songs can now be streamed at 320kbps, the same as the desktop version—compared to the previous upper mobile limit of 160kbps. Spotify calls it "Extreme" quality, but regardless of the name, it will make listening with decent headphones way better. No word on when it's coming to Android and Windows phones, though.
Spotify has issued an update to its hugely popular iPhone app that introduces the ability to stream music at an “extreme” 320kbps — the same quality Spotify Premium members enjoy from the Spotify applications for Mac and Windows.
It looks like Spotify's mobile offerings are catching up to its desktop brethren — the iOS version of the streaming music app now has an "extreme" quality option that'll bring 320kbps music to your device, just like the PC and OS X applications. Not all songs are available in the higher bitrate, and, of course, you need to have a $10 per month premium subscription to even use the mobile app. There's no word if the higher quality will make its way to Spotify's Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, MeeGo...
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The popular Spotify music application for iPhone & iPod Touch has been updated to version 0.4.7 today for the iOS 4 software. This update brings with it the eagerly awaited multitasking support which now allows you to listen to your favourite music whilst using other applications on your device. The update also features a new “what’s new” tab that displays new releases, the top 100 tracks in your country and a social news feed that displays Facebook posts. As well as the ability to use your headset remo...
I can’t tell how excited I’ve personally been about this update Checking iTunes rampantly as if my life depended on it. Finally, Spotify, the greatest contender to the iTunes music…
Spotify’s latest update to its iPhone app has just hit the iTunes store. The popular music streaming service has added several new features to the app but is still likely…