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Spotify for Android 4.0 goes live

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 12 Jun 2012 1:37 User comments (1)

Spotify for Android 4.0 goes live After going into public beta in April, Spotify has now launched officially for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The application is available in the Google Play Store currently, along with new features not seen in the beta.

Full feature list:

Totally new app with full support for Android 4.0
All-new slide-out navigation
Crossfade/gapless playback settings
Widget - control Spotify from the home screen
Folder support - organise and order your playlists
Even more social - check out friends' profile pages and playlists on the go
Artist imagery in high resolution
Related artist view - available for the first time on mobile
'Extreme' sound quality setting for 320kbps listening
Play queue
Last.fm scrobbling
Speed improvements




The play queue is not available in the iOS app but mostly everything else is ported.

Spotify for Android requires a subscription to the premium Spotify, which costs $9.99 per month for unlimited music on your desktop and via mobile devices.

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1 user comment

114.6.2012 04:21

This app is pretty bad UI wise, it's all white and opens up on a playlist/download only thing and the options button only shows up the facebook options for your account.

The app options do offer more stuff than the old one but still not as good as it was before.

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