Spotify has introduced a redesigned model of its Apple TV app that the corporate says has been “rebuilt from the bottom up for a sooner, smarter, extra visible expertise.” The tvOS model of the Spotify app can be gaining a number of welcome options from the cellular model, however the largest updates embrace the addition of video podcasts and music movies.
Some customers have had access to the update for a few days already, however the brand new model is now out there to obtain for everybody by way of Apple’s App Retailer, whereas gadgets utilizing automated updates ought to get the brand new expertise by mid-November. Customers of the previous model of Spotify’s tvOS app have beforehand taken to online forums, including Reddit, to complain about every thing from its irritating navigation to lacking options which have lengthy been included within the Google TV model of the app, nevertheless it seems to be like this model is addressing them.
Watching music movies on Spotify isn’t out there within the US or Canada but, however the function has already expanded to 97 different markets all over the world, with a restricted catalog for Spotify Premium subscribers. They’re simply accessible utilizing a “swap to video” immediate that seems when a music you’re listening to has an accompanying music video in Spotify’s catalog.
Podcasts providing a video model will work in the same method within the new Spotify tvOS app, and can embrace an choice to regulate the playback pace. Earlier this month, the company’s podcast studio announced a partnership with Netflix and The Ringer to convey 16 video podcast sequence to the video streaming platform within the US beginning in 2026, together with The Invoice Simmons Podcast and exhibits based mostly on the NFL, NBA, Fantasy Soccer, and F1.
The up to date Spotify Apple TV app additionally provides new cellular options like queue administration, seamless playback, music lyrics, and entry to Spotify DJ, which makes use of AI to advocate what to hearken to subsequent. You’ll additionally be capable of management playback on the Apple TV utilizing your smartphone or pill and the cellular app by way of Spotify Join.