iPhone app updated - background listening arrives!
July 2, 2010, 07:39
Spotify’s latest update to its iPhone app has just hit the iTunes store. The popular music streaming service has added several new features to the app but is still likely to frustrate many Premium users.
Spotify launched an iPhone app ahead of those for other leading smartphone platforms during 2009, after establishing itself across Europe initially as a free web-based ad-funded music streaming service.
Easily the most requested feature for our iPhone app since it launched last September has been the ability to listen to music while surfing the web, using Facebook, etc. Up until now this hasn’t been possible but with Apple’s release of iOS 4 you’re able to use multiple apps at the same time, including Spotify.
Along with this great feature we managed to squeeze in a few more nice additions into this update, the full release contains:
1. iOS 4 multitasking! Play Spotify tracks while doing other things with your phone. NOTE: Only iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch (3rd generation) support multitasking.
2. Use the headset remote and lockscreen buttons to control Spotify playback
3. “What’s new” tab has been added showing you newly released albums, the top 100 tracks in your country, and the social feed
4. Share tracks and albums to your Spotify friends!
5. Battery consumption is improved when the app is in the foreground or paused.
Great stuff we're sure you'll agree. Get yourselves over to the App Store at once and download the update. We knew there was a reason we updated to iOS 4.
Souce link: http://www.spotify.com/int/blog/archives/2010/07/02/background-listening/