Spotify announced that it's offering more options for music discovery with the launch of a dozen new apps, including some from trend-setting music labels like Def Jam, Matador, and Warner.
Launched Thursday, each app takes a different angle on choice. There are various social options. Tweetvine makes a playlist by culling songs from Twitter tagged with the hashtag #NowPlaying. Filtr builds playlists based on the musical preferences of your Facebook friends. Digstr also taps into Facebook, matching playlists to your listening history and Facebook likes.
Spotify is also adding apps from a range of music labels. Def Jam's app gives listeners an earful with music from its entire 26-year history. Domino offers highlight's from the label's library and other independent music. Matador boasts new and old tracks, as well as tour dates, playlists, and the label's 20-year history of releases.
Apps from Universal, Sony, PIAS, Warner, LEGACY, and X5 round out the list of music label-backed apps Spotify is releasing today.
Spotify debuted its first round of apps in November, marking its transition from a music service to a music platform. It started off with a limited selection, though a handful of the first apps came from major tastemakers like Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
Since launch, users have clocked more than 13.1 million hours of listening time on Spotify apps. As a whole, the service has reached 10 million users total, 3 million of which pay for the service, Spotify confirmed in January. Earlier this month, it launched in Germany, its thirteenth country.
All of Spotify's apps are free and can be found in the App Finder on the Spotify desktop app.
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