But more than anything we really look forward to being surprised by developers," he said. Spotify is also using the apps platform itself, to add new features to the service – starting with a Facebook-style news ticker showing what friends are doing on the service. Songkick's app, meanwhile, will scan people's listening histories and suggest gigs they might want to attend. Rolling Stone's app provides album, song and playlist recommendations from the magazine's staff, while TuneWiki's shows lyrics in real-time as songs play in Spotify. The apps will be available to free and paying users of the service, although for now, developers will not be able to charge for them.ĭevelopers will have to submit their ideas for apps to Spotify for approval before building and launching them. The apps will sit within Spotify's desktop client, although Ek said that if successful, the platform may extend to its mobile apps in the future too. And the digital environment is about sharing and collaboration."
Spotify's UK managing director, Chris Maples, told the Guardian that "We don't go into anything we do thinking 'is this the opposite of what iTunes would do?' But Daniel grew up in the digital world, as did a lot of people in the business. The new platform makes the rivalry between Spotify and Apple's iTunes even more clear-cut, with Spotify placing its bet on becoming a Facebook-style open platform to compete with the closed (by comparison) iTunes ecosystem.
"We're opening up our platform in a way that lets you curate the apps that you want, and really make Spotify yours … This is the beginning of something game-changing for digital music." "Today, we become a totally integrated platform," said Ek. The Guardian's app brings album reviews from the Guardian and the Observer into Spotify's service, building on the two companies' relationship for a series of live gigs in London. Ek said that Spotify apps will bring features such as better recommendations, ticketing and editorial content to the service, with launch partners including the Guardian, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Songkick, Last.fm and TuneWiki.
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