I have been a big fan of Spotify since it reached our shores, but the Spotify iPhone app has been buggy and more difficult to navigate than it need be. Making it all the more frustrating was the fact that the iPhone app was the chief reason why I upgraded to Spotify's premium plan. With this latest update, Spotify on my iPhone now feels worthy of the cost required to operate it.
With the updated Spotify app, you'll encounter the first of its two big new features by swiping to the right to reveal the new sidebar menu. It provides quick access to these commonly accessed areas:
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The other big addition is the Now Playing bar. It sits at the bottom edge of the screen no matter where you are in the app, letting you see artist and track information, including the tiniest thumbnail of the cover art on the left and a play/pause button on the right. Better yet, you can swipe left and right on the Now Playing bar to skip tracks. You can also swipe up on this bar to see the cover art in full screen with play controls.
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There are also two new menus, each containing helpful items. The first is accessed by tapping on the full-screen album art and includes three buttons I use frequen... [Read more]
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