Spotify has updated its iOS and Android apps to look better on tablets and foldable phones.
The new design, launched for everyone on Thursday, makes better use of the extra space you get on a tablet. For example, on an iPad, you can browse in a larger window on the left side of the screen while still having your now playing sidebar on the right, with album art, controls, and even lyrics.
The app is also more adaptive than before; switch from portrait to landscape mode and it will reconfigure the interface (instead of just resizing it) to make it look better in a particular move.
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The design is adaptive, and the interface will accomodate to vertical or horizontal orientation as needed.
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That sidebar on the right can be collapsed with a touch of the down arrow in the top left, or expanded to fit the entire display. Besides hosting controls and information on the song that’s currently playing, it also has additional content down below, including related videos, information about the artist, and more. Another improvement is a prominent “Switch to Video/Audio” button.
“Tablets give you more room to explore, so we designed it to let you browse and discover new favorites alongside what’s already playing,” Nicole Burrow, head of design at Spotify, said in a statement. “The goal was simple: Wherever you open Spotify, it should feel unmistakably like Spotify.”
The timing of the update is notable, as this update makes the Spotify app better not only on tablets but also on foldable devices. Apple is rumored to be working on its first foldable phone, the iPhone Fold, with a launch window late in the year, and other phone makers have been introducing foldable phones at an increasing pace.
