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Spotify finally becomes the social music player you've always dreamt of
It's not quite a forum -- there's no messaging as such -- but the sharing of music is now so much easier. The new Profile pages are quick and simple to navigate. Your own profile page is called 'your public library' and there is a bunch of toggles that you can turn on and off, depending on how much you want to share. You can hide playlists that you are ashamed of, for example. It also tells the world your 'top artists' and 'top tracks', but it looks like Spotify needs to work on its algorithm a bit more... I only listened to one Craig David album and he's now at the top of my list! You can also
There are two more new social features -- both awesome. First: you can now see how many people subscribe to a given playlist. Don't forget playlists can be altered, so you could in theory have a 'popular playlist' that changes every month -- I can see people competing for the most popular playlist. Second: you now have an 'inbox' -- the right-click menu now allows you to send tracks to other users.
Finally, two more 'offline' features: you can 'star' things, to create groupings of favourite songs or albums. And... (drum roll)... Spotify can now be used to play your own library of MP3s.
Spotify is coming to America later this year: commence drooling.
Europeans: please download the new version now.
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Subscribe to commentsSamApr 27th 2010 9:42AM
Yeah, yeah, Sebastian, we all know you're a massive Craig David fan. There's no shame in admitting it. He hails from my home town in fact. So that can't be bad right?
Sebastian AnthonyApr 27th 2010 9:46AM
Southampton eh!
Nice place. I visit occasionally. Better than Pompey at any rate.
SamApr 27th 2010 10:17AM
Indeed, certainly better than Pompey, but I guess one could say I'm a tad biased.
Anyway, great update to an already impressive streaming music service. I just hope it can make it's way into a long-term stable financial position.
laeroApr 27th 2010 12:08PM
It might be worth to mention, but don't panic if you don't see this update the next time you login. They (spotify) wrote on their twitter that it will take a few days to roll out the update. However, if you don't have the patience, simply uninstall and re-download and you'll get the latest version.
http://twitter.com/spotify
StuartApr 27th 2010 6:37PM
Do you also lament the Europeans that can't use it? OK, maybe you think the Czechs don't matter (where I live), but the Germans?! Ahh, I see, just Western and Northern Europe then... (aside from those in Western Europe it doesn't cover either)
Not slagging you off here, you understand, just pointing out that it's not quite as pan-European as your lament for non-Europeans suggests. ;)
And yes, also just a little bitter that I can't jump on board yet! :)
Sebastian AnthonyApr 27th 2010 7:21PM
Do you want me to list every nation that it's available in next time? :P