Spotify rolled out a major update to refine the view of “Your Library” in its mobile app. But this update is only for premium subscribers. The new update separates Music and Podcast from each other making it user-friendly and accessible. It is simpler to get started and to stay updated giving you a personalised experience. Prior to this update, Spotify provided a podcasts entry in a list that included mostly music related items like playlist, songs, albums, artists and more.
In new version dedicated tabs are given for both Music and Podcasts making it easy to toggle between the two. Inside the Music tab, you can see Playlists, Artists, and Albums tabs, while Podcasts tab has Episodes, Downloads and, Shows.
Playlist: The songs you listen to are added to a playlist along with the liked songs and playlists you create. A download option is given to listening to songs when offline.
Artists: It shows a list of artists and to add one in this section just follow the artist.
Album: While playing songs in the playlist if you liked a particular album, it will be saved in this section.
Episodes: It shows new podcasts along with the one you follow and previously listened podcasts to resume it where you left.
Downloads: You can listen to the podcasts you have downloaded when offline.
Shows: Podcasts you follow or listen most frequently are organized in this tab.
Users do not need to worry about the previously saved music as the redesign will retain the saved data. This redesign comes with few other changes. Spotify has created a new automatic playlist called Liked Songs which you can see in the Playlists view containing all the existing and past liked songs. Another change which Spotify made is it launched a new playlist called “Your Daily Drive”. This gives the experience of listening to the radio.
Besides acquiring several podcasting companies such as Gimlet Media and the podcast creation and hosting platform Anchor, Spotify announced a new podcast partnership with Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company ‘Higher Ground’. In this partnership, the Obama’s will develop, produce, and also lend their voices to select podcasts. To compete with Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod Spotify is testing similar devices.
By users and paying members, Spotify is the world’s biggest music service. This new update from Spotify will compete with music apps like Apple Music and Google Play Music.