Spotify arrives on Windows phones, will be available for Windows Phone 7
James Delahunty
4 Oct 2010 11:40
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that Spotify is now available for Windows phones 6.X. The announcement was made at an event at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology. The popular legal music streaming service had previously promised to add more devices to Spotify mobile, and has worked with Microsoft to port to Windows phones over the past few months.
The full list of features for Windows Phone includes:
- Search, browse and play millions of tracks
- Stream over WiFi or 2.5/3G - All your existing playlists are available
- Offline playlists - Play your music without an internet connection
- On-the-fly sync - Every track you add to a playlist appears on mobile and computer
- What's New tab
- Wirelessly sync your local files to your phone
- Starred tracks - tag all your favourites into a special list
Spotify on Windows Phone demo
Users of Windows phones can download the new app directly by visiting
m.spotify.com, and will become available from the Windows Marketplace for mobile soon. It was also revealed today that Spotify will be available for the upcoming
Windows Phone 7.