Ultimately, we’re making this change because we believe in the future of both platforms, and we want to make sure it can continue to serve the needs of our users now and in the future. With this redesign, we’re combining the technical opportunity of a modern and scalable web player together with a cohesive Spotify design and the features that you’ve all come to expect across the desktop app. Now, we’re pleased to deliver a new, clean design, more controls, and a great new foundation for our listeners to use Spotify across our desktop app and web player for the years to come.

It took months of tests and research, talking to users, and gathering feedback. Since the desktop experience served as the original window to the world for Spotify, this was not a task we took lightly.

That’s why, starting today, we’re rolling out a new improved look and feel for the Spotify app for desktop and web- aligning the experience and making both easier to use than ever before. Yet along the way, we felt that our desktop app experience hadn’t kept up, and that it was time for a change. We constantly test, develop, and launch new features, optimize for new devices, and look to expand our content offering. At Spotify, we’re always looking for ways to provide the best possible experience so our listeners can consistently discover and enjoy music and podcasts-and that includes look, feel, and functionality.

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