Spotify gives its iOS and Android apps a complete overhaul

Spotify's mobile app just got a major overhaul. 

The music streaming app, available for iOS and Android and rolling out globally to users in the coming weeks, has been redesigned from the ground up to be faster and easier for non-paying users to access specific songs from playlists. 

Additionally, the app's got a new "Data Saver" mode that'll reduce its data usage by up to 75 percent over 3G.

Spotify's mobile app previously didn't let non-paying customers listen to specific tracks, only playlists on shuffle mode. The old gimped mobile experience was a good way to push users to pay for Spotify Premium, but it never made much sense, especially when the desktop apps didn't have the same limitations. Read more...