Spotify is the largest music streaming platform in the world. But he knows that he can't completely ignore any progress, because otherwise it will be overrun by others like Apple Music. But what he is up to may be too much after all. The Spotify update will bring a complete redesign of the application.
Spotify released press release to what it has in store for its users. On Android i iOS a dynamic new mobile interface is coming, built for deeper discovery and more meaningful connections between artists and fans. It's meant to give listeners a more active role in the discovery process, while giving creators more space to share their work.
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The new generation of listeners is said to want better ways to "taste" sound before fully immersing themselves in it. So get ready for a more active experience with advanced recommendations, a focus on visualizations and a completely new and interactive design. Here are 5 changes Spotify has in store for us.
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Music, Podcasts & Shows, and Audiobooks previews on the home page
Simply tap on the Music, Podcasts & Shows, or Audiobooks channel to explore visual and audio previews of playlists, albums, podcast episodes, and audiobooks that are fully personalized to you. Then tap to save or share, drill down to artist or podcast pages, play od to the beginning or continue listening from where the preview left off.
New channels for discovery in Search
Scroll up or down to explore short clips on the canvas of songs from some of your favorite genres. Then easily save the song to a playlist, follow the artist or share it with friends - all from one place. You can also explore related genres using hashtags in the feed to easily discover new favorites. You can even preview tracks on some of your favorite playlists like Discover Weekly, Release Radar, New Music Friday, and RapCaviar.
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This new experience keeps listening sessions fresh with personalized recommendations that perfectly match the vibe of the original user-created playlist. It breathes new life into carefully curated user-created playlists, mixing tracks and adding new, perfectly tailored designs.
DJ
DJing is a bit of a problem for us, but that doesn't mean we'll never get one. It's a new personalized AI guide available to Premium users in the US and Canada that knows your music tastes so well that it can choose what to play for you. According to Spotify, users who have it available and launch the application use it for 25% of the entire listening time, and it is expected to continue to expand.
Autoplay for podcasts
As with music, the app now offers autoplay for podcasts. After the end of one podcast, the next relevant episode will be played automatically, which corresponds purely to your taste. Spotify is the first platform to enable truly seamless previews across music, podcasts and audiobooks. The news is already starting to be offered to both Premium and Free users all over the world Androidwell, on iOS. Music and podcast samples are available in all markets where podcasts are available. Audiobook previews are currently available in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
What about spotify hifi? 🙁
Here it was purely about design and redesign. We wrote about Spotify Hi-fi in today's article.