O Spotify announced today during the event Stream On, profound changes to your app’s interface on both iOS and Android. According to the company, the idea behind the new features is to facilitate the discovery of new content and help artists and creators to promote their work on the platform.
The home page of the streaming application will now have an interface to the TikTok and Instagram Reels, in addition to the traditional rows with album covers and playlists. The user will be able to explore two feeds with recommendations for music, podcasts and other programs — which can be accessed through shortcuts at the top of the screen.
All posts found in these feeds can be saved and shared by users on social networks. The old shortcuts that take the user to their playlists and saved songs, in turn, have been maintained and can still be found at the top of the application’s homepage.
According to Spotify, the user will be able to browse through these feeds while listening to a song without interruptions. If he is interested in a specific content, just tap on the card in question to display a greater number of options, such as visiting the artist’s page, seeing a specific album or playing the content.
The feed for podcasts works exactly the same, with a third page for audiobooks expected to be added in the future as well. The user will also be able to access feeds for music genres of specific styles through the app’s search bar.
Other content that may be found in these feeds include: information regarding live shows (which can be saved to the calendar), 30-second clips made by artists, and the ability to pre-save new songs and albums.
Spotify Premium subscribers, in turn, will have access to a new playback mode called Smart Shuffle, which automatically adds recommendations to the playlist if the user is listening to a playlist. You can add these recommendations by tapping the “+” button, which replaced the old heart-shaped like button.
Without specifying, Spotify said that some of these features should already appear to its users today, while others should be released in the coming weeks.
via TechCrunch [1, 2]
