Spotify has released its first official iPad app today, with what a Spotify exec describes as "the most beautiful screen we've made for a Spotify app."
Spotify has previously released apps for PC, Mac, and Android with a tablet-compatible Android version to be expected "in the coming weeks," according to Charlie Hellman, Spotify's director of product development.
The app adds a dedicated Inbox icon grouped by user to access messages, CoverFlow-style navigation of playlists, and gapless playback and DJ-style crossfade.The new Spotify app is available for free from the iTunes store with a Facebook log-in.
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Used in conjunction with a dedicated dock or Apple AirPlay, Hellman said, the app makes the iPad a one-stop music shop.
Hellman said, "We wanted to take advantage of the amazing display that this device has, particularly the most recent iPad, to offer the most visually immersive living-room stereo replacement."
It's "something you could sit on a dock and ... have it be the centerpiece of a party, which, i don't think any of our UIs so far fits that description," he said.
Check out the video above and the photo gallery below for an in-depth look at how the Spotify iPad app works.
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