Spotify overhauls design of its desktop app

Spotify has formally introduced a redesign for its desktop app that goals to supply simpler entry to particulars on the tune or podcast you’re at present listening to, and offer you new methods to arrange your playlists and different content material. In keeping with a weblog submit printed yesterday the modifications — which Spotify calls “one in every of its greatest revamps but” — are rolling out to “all Desktop customers worldwide” from this week.

The largest change you’re more likely to discover after the replace is the Your Library sidebar on the left of the display screen. Fairly than exhibiting a easy textual content listing of playlists, the interface now contains colourful icons. It additionally reveals just lately performed artists and albums to rapidly bounce again into, alongside playlists. You possibly can decrease the sidebar to simply see these icons, or develop it to see the identify of every entry and even additional particulars just like the final time they had been performed. Or, if you wish to simply see textual content with out the icons, head into Spotify’s settings and tick the “Use compact library format” possibility.

Spotify’s outdated interface because it appeared to me final month (left / above), versus the corporate’s screenshot of its new interface (proper / under).

You possibly can filter the Your Library sidebar to simply present lists of artists, albums, or playlists utilizing the icons on the high, and there’s a search field for particularly looking your personal library, reasonably than having to go looking the entire of Spotify utilizing the principle search device. Customers have been reporting seeing an analogous interface popping up for a couple of weeks now, and Spotify seems to have introduced an earlier rollout of the function again in April. 

In the meantime, on the appropriate of the display screen Spotify is including a Now Enjoying view which reveals the at present taking part in tune or podcast alongside further info. This may embrace tour dates or merch for music artists, or transcripts or episode descriptions of podcasts. The correct facet of the interface is the place Spotify used to indicate what your folks are listening to, however that is now hidden behind the buddies icon on the highest proper of the display screen.

The official launch of the brand new interface comes as Spotify is reportedly readying a way more substantial replace to its service. This week, Bloomberg reported that the audio streaming service is making ready the launch of a brand new, extra premium tier that would lastly add help for its much-anticipated lossless HiFi streaming function.