Thursday, 1 October 2009

Spotify goes offline - who needs MP3s?

Spotify are now matching their desktop app and enabling the desktop application to go offline (premium subscribers only).
I'm a massive fan of Spotify and a premium subscriber, and haven't downloaded / purchased any music ever since starting with it.. And why would you? Infinite (ish) music available in a constantly changing collection. I get bored with music very quickly and want some variation, and with Spotify, I can have it!

So why would you want MP3s? Why iTunes?
- Embedded lyrics, genius mode on desktop
- background playing and inline controls on the iphone

But are those enough to have to worry about storage space, proper tagging and management, files only being in one location (or some very clever networking all over the place..) - not for me!

via Spotify by Andres Sehr on 10/1/09

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No, we’re not turning off the music - we’re extending the popular ‘offline mode’ that is available on Spotify Mobile and bringing it to your computer!

Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to select their playlists and set them to be ‘Available offline’. Those playlists will then be synced to your computer so you can continue to listen to your favorite tunes if you have a slow connection or even if you have no connection at all. Each computer will be able to store up to 3,333 tracks at a time.

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To use ‘offline mode’ you’ll need to be running the latest version of Spotify and you may have to log out and back in for the feature to kick in.

So don’t let the lack an internet connection stop you from listening to Spotify - upgrade to Spotify Premium today and sync your music.

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