Spotify Connect Available For Android

Recently, online music service Spotify, introduced Spotify Connect for iOS devices.  The company has now provided the service to their Android app, this now ticks all the boxes and makes it a multi-platform feature from Spotify.

Spotify Connect allows you to stream music over WiFi to select speakers. Unfortunately the system only works with streaming content and not localised MP3s. In addition to this, it will need a premium account for it to work. Right now it only allows you to send music to a single device, but that could change in the not too distant future.

Spotify Connect is not really a lot different from what you can already do with nearly all Bluetooth-enabled speakers. What it does do, however, is it eliminates the need for you to pair the devices together. Which can become tedious, if you use the same Bluetooth speaker on many different devices?

The better features of the product are that because Spotify Connect uses WiFi, it has much further range than what Bluetooth can provide.  The upshot of this is that your friends can share their own music, as long as they have the Spotify app and your wireless password to connect.

This is very similar to the streaming functionality of Apple’s AirPlay system. But it appears to be easier to initialize as once you have pressed the Spotify Connect button on your Android device, you’ll be free to do complete whatever you want to do on your phone.  This is unlike Apple‘s AirPlay system, where once you start, you are locked in?

Spotify Connect is available on Android through the Google Play Store.  As always, your comments regarding the Spotify Connect app are appreciated in the comments section below.

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:Spotify Arrives To The New Windows Phone 8:

If you love music and have a Windows 8 Phone you are in luck.  Spotify is now available on the Windows Phone 8 platform.  The app was previously only available on iOS, Symbian, Android, and legacy Windows Phone users.  Thanks to the change, it is now available on the new version of the Windows Phone. This change provides Microsoft mobile users with accessiblilty to one of the world’s largest music streaming platforms.

One of Spotify’s slogans is “soundtrack your life.”   In case you aren’t familiar with Spotify, the app allows you to search for music that you love.  If you would rather not specify all of your music selections, Spotify also has a radio feature.  The radio feature allows you to have Spotify surprise you by selecting the music for you.

On the Spotify app you can do a lot more than just listen to music.  One of the features offered by the app is the ability to build your own collection.  Spotify also has a built in social network.  If you want to know what type of  music your friends like, you can easily find out.

With Spotify you can look through other people’s music collections, including both your friends and public figures.   It is also fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, so that you can share your Spotify music.

Another great feature offered by Spotify is the ability to access your music without access to the internet.  What’s more, the app is cloud friendly.  The collection you build with the Spotify app will also be available on your PC.

The app will be available to Windows 8 Phone users for a free 30 day trial.  If the user wants to continue with the service following the trial, the cost of the app is $9.99 a month.  It is available in the Windows Phone store.

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