Spotify (New York press event)

[SeventhAnomaly]

Spotify just announced some cool stuff on their app. The app will now include more than just music... They now have a new screen called "NOW" that is something like radio that works based on time and activity. The content is filled with playlists of not just music but talk radio and even videos (from news channels) and hey even showed off videos from Comedy central.There are a ton of partners up on stage: ABC, BBC, ESPN, NBC, TED, Comedy Central, MTV, Vice, TWIT, Fusion, Slate.

 

They also showed off the new part of the app for runners. The app matches songs based on the accelerometer info that gives the pace at which u are running and plays songs that match that pace. Söderström says Spotify invented an "entirely new track format" that can play back at different beats and "magically rearrange" to fit your current pace. Tiesto says that he had to create music at a higher BPM than he usually uses so that it would work for running.They have partnered with Nike+, Runkeeper and even Starbucks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://live.theverge.com/live-spotify-new-york-media-event/?_ga=1.68788946.254748775.1429840332

[jayctech]

I'm overall not a fan of Spotify. I tend to find its catalog inferior to its competitors. That said they don't offer a free model (though Spotify's free model on phones is total shit).

 

However, I don't like how Spotify is being gunned now by music artists, Apple etc. so a broadening of their products is a good thing....

They need to fix their shitty apps though.