On Wednesday April 2, 2014, Spotify rolled out the new look of it's desktop and mobile applications. Gone is the familiar gray, replaced by a sleek black background and theme. Spotify, the Swedish music streaming service first debuted in 2008 in Europe and the UK. It was conceived as an alternative to illegal music downloads. Since then, Spotify has spread across the planet and has even achieved wide acceptance in the US.
The new look Spotify uses the black background to contrast the artwork. Artists' photos are presented as circles while the album art and playlists are square. The new Spotify design offers a new font style and green scroll bars, and gives more space for the search area.
Something new for Spotify is a "Your Music," section where users will be able to save music that they like, either albums or songs, to a personal collection where they can organize and browse them at a later date. Music is saved to your personal collection by way of a new + icon that you click after hovering over your favorite artists.
With so much being made of the so called, "streaming wars," I think this move by Spotify is not just a welcome change but definitely a step in the right direction.
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