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Spotify gets appy

Popular music streaming service Spotify has taken the next step towards total world domination, announcing the addition of music-based apps to their platform. The free apps can be accessed by users through ‘App Finder’, and are designed to be fully integrated with Spotify to enhance user experience. “Once you take a look, you’ll see why we believe this is truly the beginning of something game-changing for digital music,” Spotify founder Daniel Ek said. “We think this will lead to integrations that keep Spotify beautiful and simple, but layer in great musical experiences designed to be social and fun. It’s what our users have been looking for.” The company has teamed up with 13 global partners for the launch of the app service – including Billboard, Fuse, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone to name a few. Users can do everything from checking show listings of bands on their playlists, to looking up lyrics of songs as they stream. “Our integration with Facebook in September has made more people than ever excited about sharing music again, adding more than 7 million new Spotify users in just over two months,” the company said in a press statement . As part of the new service, Spotify has also invited developers to get involved and build music-based apps for the service – currently, Spotify Apps features 16 partner apps, with more to come as the program develops. “With the Spotify Platform, we want to enable innovation on top of music and add many more layers of music enjoyment.

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Spotify gets appy