Spotify went mobile almost two years ago exactly. The iOS and Android apps werereleasedsimultaneously to premium subscribers in September 2009, and today the music streaming service has announced a “small, yet important” update to its Android app.
In ablog postearlier, it announced that language support for French and Spanish was being added to the Android app, but you will have to follow special installationinstructionswhilst it’s still in testing mode.
To install it, users must set their Android handsets to allow installations from ‘Unknown Sources’ by going to the Settings>Applications >Unknown sources menu. Then, you candownloadthe file to your Androd phone or use the QR code to preview the update.
Once it leaves its testing phase, it will be released for all users in theAndroid Market.
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Whilst this will be good news for Spotify users in France and Spain, it’s also good news for the millions of Spanish speakers in the USA. The service waslaunchedStateside back in mid-July, and given that Spanish is the second most common tongue in the USA with over35mnative speakers, this update may not be all that ‘small’ after all as Android handsets nowoutnumberiPhones in the US.
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