New Spotify Apps: The Best New Features You Need To Download (PICTURES)

Spotify announced a new look and a bunch of new apps for its desktop music player at a classy event in New York City on Wednesday, and the early returns look great.

The new Spotify integrates with several music recommendation engines, album review sites and social sharing platforms with the aim of making listening to music on Spotify a more substantial and rich experience.

Below, we've collected screenshots of nine new features and apps from the updated Spotify player (available now in beta and coming soon to your desktop). Here's what you can expect in your Spotify future:

Comments

[Brianna Leigh]

12:15 AM on 02/01/2012

How about better privacy control? My friends don't need to know about my love for VeggieTales.

[itsagamble]

12:18 PM on 12/03/2011

We are Hunted SUXXXXXXXXXXX! Every app name I have attempted to register so far is taken.

[Terence Ward]

08:31 AM on 12/01/2011

Oh yes, I love apps that broadcast every damned thing I do on my news feed. Spotify, Yahoo News . . . screw privacy, I'm just going to automatically air every damned trivial moment for the world to see.

Are you kidding me? This is the worst trend in social networking apps EVER. Join Diaspora, people! Take control of your lives back!

[Conner Hiatt]

02:10 AM on 12/20/2011

Wow. Can you believe this guy? Spotify has a little option in the preferences pane to enable or disable whether people can see what you are doing. And if that's not enough they have the already enabled private session. It is full proof now man shutup and stop hating. Spotify is the best thing that could happen and have taken new looks at how we listen to music and connect. This is the future get on before ya get left behind.

[rabit818]

08:26 AM on 12/01/2011

Another HP advertorial.

[jabreal00]

05:48 AM on 12/01/2011

Right now Spotify seems too convoluted for me. I have to wait for an invitation or pay $10 a month? I already have enough subscription services. Pandora is good enough. My 3K music collection is good enough. Most of the music being made in most genres aren't that good to warrant me paying an extra $10/month. I'd rather spend $10 a month and just buy songs I really like.

[kinogod]

08:07 AM on 12/01/2011

Exactamundo.

[danusgram]

11:44 AM on 01/31/2012

you can evolve beyond todays music and listen to music of the past that you may have missed on spotify....it is a wonderful thing Pandora yuck that is unless you like being told what to listen to!

[bnhood81]

03:45 AM on 12/01/2011

spotify is fantastic.

[danusgram]

11:45 AM on 01/31/2012

yes it is!

[danusgram]

10:12 PM on 11/30/2011

All the comments and not one of you have experienced or used Spotfiy...ridiculous..they blew itunes out of the water....period!

[kinogod]

08:07 AM on 12/01/2011

So invite me?

[danusgram]

08:36 AM on 12/01/2011

actually I do have 17 invites to send out to people I cant send it without an email address or do you have an facebook page that I can message you at

[danusgram]

10:09 PM on 11/30/2011

for those who have never heard of Spotify get with it...regardless of your music tastes....anything by almost every artist in the world can be found on Spotify...I play it on my smart phone offline...its a world of playlists you create...its the best.....go get it people....

[AEX7]

03:58 PM on 12/01/2011

Rdio has a better selection.

[danusgram]

05:29 PM on 12/01/2011

no it does not try again

[WSAY]

09:41 PM on 11/30/2011

Never heard of them....

[danusgram]

10:07 PM on 11/30/2011

wow you are missing out on a lot...I got rid of my ipod and play it on my smart phone....tons of music and artists I have never heard before by just searching places like justsoul.net..go there and play the artists its the best...read up on them!

[lijebailey]

09:40 PM on 11/30/2011

More European-style socialism. They're destroying America. Write your congressperson.

[danusgram]

10:10 PM on 11/30/2011

you are a really backwards!..better get off the puter machine!

[NerdyStudent]

12:19 AM on 12/01/2011

I do believe it was sarcasm.

[itsjelani]

09:18 PM on 11/30/2011

yes we are hunted has been around for a while as a standalone website. then again, the author characterizes pitchfork as hipster when a) the word is overused to the point of near-meaninglessness and b) if anything its "cool"/hipster not to like pitchfork

[Mister President]

09:15 PM on 11/30/2011

I still have no idea why I would want to use Spotify when I can use Grooveshark for free, especially given I don't listen to Pink Floyd.

[danusgram]

10:10 PM on 11/30/2011

you can use spotify for free however...the experience for 9.95 is the best grooveshark does not have the music spotify does...

[drunkarate]

09:09 PM on 11/30/2011

Hasn't We Are Hunted been around for awhile as its own website?

[cabinetmaniac]

09:03 PM on 11/30/2011

I can't believe they posted that particular lyric for Creep.

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[RighteousNotRightWing]

08:38 PM on 11/30/2011

What is spotify?

[WSAY]

09:42 PM on 11/30/2011

The latest flash in the pan.

[danusgram]

10:11 PM on 11/30/2011

you cant comment you did not even know what it was so you sound well you know!