Spotify AB will begin offering Facebook-style apps that add various features and functions to its popular online-music service, according to people in the music industry, a move that could differentiate the company amid growing competition from Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc.
When it starts on Wednesday, the "app finder" is likely to include reviews from magazines and blogs that allow users to listen to albums as they read reviews, the people say. One app will display lyrics as a song plays, while another will generate a list of upcoming concerts
At Spotify’s first U.S. press conference in New York City, the streaming music service announced its new app platform.
The new version of Spotify will include access to applications built by third parties that take advantage of the Spotify library and community. Spotify Platform launch partners includingRolling Stone, Last.fm, Pitchfork and Billboard.
Apps take advantage of Spotify’s vast music library, as well as its deeper social integration with Facebook.
The apps are built in HTML5, which conceivably means they will be easy to access in Spotify apps across platforms. Spotify says that the apps are available first and foremost for the desktop, but if it is a success, apps will come to other platforms. They’ll be available in the Spotify desktop app and to premium and free users.
Spotify says it is open to all developers, but will still manually approve apps before listing them in the Spotify player. The Spotify desktop app has been updated and apps should appear shortly.
Check out this video the Spotify team put together showing off the new platform:
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