Spotify has long been heralded as one of the best online music platforms out there. It’s adoption among mobile users, however, has been limited due to the fact that the service cost $10 per month for mobile access to Spotify’s library of songs.
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For me, Spotify is how I listen to probably 75% of all music at this time. While the service - and for that matter price - beautiful is that the Android application has certainly been lacking. Rumblings have been for some time on an update and then just that like that it has fallen. The preview of the new version is available in direct download Spotify, and is not only ' t finished article. What is there is quite special and a significant improvement of the previous offer. We ' ve had a couple of days playing with it now, so if you haven ' t tried without but stick autour. A full delicious hands and some screenshots await you after the break.
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Spotify for Android has gotten a massive and much-needed UI overhaul. The Spotify overhaul is actually pretty awesome. Spotify has fully embraced Google’s Holo UI interface, making Spotify’s new beta a pleasure to use. Spotify also feels a bit speedier, with pages rendering more quickly and no noticeable lag when switching between panes. I’ve spent a good part of the morning with Spotify, and have been pleased with the overall experience. Spotify’s high price point aside, the Spotify application was one of the main reasons I stopped using the service, so it’s good to see Spotify taking consumer complaints seriously after 6 months of not updating their application.
Of course, to be able to listen to Spotify on your mobile device, you’ll have to spring for a $10 per month premium Spotify subscription, though you can sign up for a 30 day free trial on Spotify’s site. If you’d like to give the new Spotify application a go, head over to Spotify’s preview site to download. Be sure your settings allow for installation of non-Play applications.
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If you do check out the the beta version of Spotify, let us know your initial impressions of the UI overhaul in the comments.
Update: Thanks for the corrections, all. Happy to admit I goofed and mis-read Spotify’s email. Good to know the holo theme does work on Gingerbread.
