A new version of the popular-but-costly Android Spotify app has launched today, with the maker of the Europe-only music streaming service promising an enormous heap of new functionality, fixes and a “high definition” enhanced interface to suit all our modern telephones.
Plus it should now work better on a wider range of Android devices, too – with support for the Samsung Galaxy Tab now enabled. Here’s the impressive-sounding list of changes, taken from the Spotify blog:
- All the graphics have been re-done and are now available in high-definition.
- The overall design has been re-done.
- Support for almost any screen resolution, rotation and density, even tablet resolutions.
- On-the-fly screen rotation support, used on devices with fold-out keyboard.
- Multiple performance improvements to increase applications speed.
- Improved error messages with better descriptions.
- Improved detection of network connection and faster reconnections.
- Fixed the texts and controllers that were cropped in some places.
- Fixed the album art view which was often inconsistent with what was playing.
- Fixed when the widget was not showing the correct content.
- Fixed an issue with the application not playing the next song in certain cases.
- New devices supported: HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire Z, Huawei U8300, Motorola Cliq, Motorola Cliq XT, Motorola XT720, Samsung Galaxy 3 (Apollo), Samsung Galaxy Tab, Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro, Sony Ericsson X8 ZTE Blade
We presume those are screenshots of the new version. Don’t use it so can’t really say for certain. Hope you appreciate our honesty in this. We could’ve pretended.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Jer
/ December 1, 2010Costly? I disagree, I think a mere tenner a month is cheap for mobile access to twelve million songs. But then I write a blog about Spotify so I guess you’d expect me to say that. It does rock though, you should give it a go!
Trilby
/ December 1, 2010Looks pretty much the same as before to me. But then I have spent most of the day drinking gin and sobbing.
Gary C
/ December 1, 2010It’s not even Christmas yet. Save yourself.