Washington US, November 7 (ANI): Audio streaming app Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes. Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. People who click on the button will be taken to the same web-based Spotify player as on Twitter. Share a playlist from the Spotify desktop app. There are two ways to share playlists in the Spotify.
And one joked: '.app crashes. Me checking Twitter to see if anyone else experiencing the same. Spotify has now tweeted to confirm the outage is now over, although the reason for it. With Spotify Connect, you can listen on speakers, TVs, and other devices using the Spotify app as a remote. Check out Spotify Everywhere for compatible devices. If you don’t see yours there, you can check with the manufacturer.
Spotify—one of Apple's main rivals in both the latter's services strategy and in antitrust investigations—has released a new version of its iPhone app that supports home screen widgets, one of the flagship features of iOS 14.
Last month's release of iOS 14 brought home screen widgets—previously only the domain of iPads and Android phones—to iPhones. As we noted in our iOS 14 review, the value of the feature depends entirely on strong adoption and clever uses by third-party app developers.
Releases of widget-supporting apps from developers have been slow. Part of that was because Apple launched iOS 14 with less notice to developers than usual, meaning many were racing to play catch-up. But even now, a month later, the roster of widget-supporting apps has only grown a little.Spotify is one of the most high-profile apps on the App Store, and it finally made the jump with version 8.5.80 of its iOS app. Unfortunately, the new widget isn't all that powerful or useful. It essentially does the exact same thing the Music widget does: it shows a list of recently played songs or playlists that you can tap into from the home screen.
Advertisement Tapping an entry doesn't just take you to the song in the app—it starts playing it right away, saving you an extra tap. Many users will wish they could customize what appears in the list or that they could control playback, as they currently can in the Android widget. As the setup stands now, the widget offers no customization options at all.
Some app developers (like Spark) have found creative ways to use the somewhat limited iOS widgets API (WidgetKit) to offer multiple, flexible uses of that precious home screen real estate. But users have said a lot of widgets just aren't that useful at the moment.
Those same users might wonder why we're not seeing essentially fully working slices of apps appearing on the home screen. Apple is likely to expand what developers can do with WidgetKit in future software releases, but there will always be some big limitations because of an emphasis on maintaining battery life.Lots of interactivity and live data from multiple apps on the home screen could have a negative impact there—that's probably why Apple and many devs have generally been conservative in terms of making widgets ultra-powerful.
By contrast, the Android Spotify widget offers playback control. But Spotify actually removed that comparatively powerful widget in August of last year, only to reintroduce an improved version of it shortly afterward when users complained. The brief removal led to a plethora of user-made widgets to replace the lost functionality.
But at least Spotify is supporting widgets on iPhones at all—that wasn't a foregone conclusion.
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Spotify Lite is a simplified version of the Spotify app. It has a similar look and feel, but with a few key differences. It uses less storage, data, and battery to optimize performance, making it ideal for older devices and operating systems.
You can download Spotify Lite and use it either alongside or independently from the main Spotify app.
How it works
Spotify Lite works much like the main Spotify app. You can still search for and play your favorite songs and artists, save them, share with others, discover new music, enjoy playlists made just for you, and much more. In addition to that, Spotify Lite enables you to:
- Track storage and data usage.
- Set a data limit, and receive notifications when you reach it.
- Free up space on your device more easily.
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You can find and download Spotify Lite from the Google Play Store. Just search for ‘Spotify’ and find Spotify Lite next to the main Spotify app.
Note: Spotify Lite is only available in select markets.
Yes! If you already have a Spotify account you can access and use Spotify Lite with the same login details.
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Spotify Lite replaces Your Library with Favorites . You can find all your saved songs and playlists here.
Yes! Any changes you make on your account (saved music, playlists, etc.) when using Spotify Lite are reflected in the main Spotify app, and vice-versa.
No! Spotify Lite is designed to support and complement the main Spotify app. Both apps co-exist, giving you the option to select whichever suits you best.
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While we’re focused on Android phones for the time being, our ambition is to be available everywhere our listeners are looking to enjoy music.