To all the people who can use Spotify on their iPhone, here’s an interesting update for the official mobile client, that hits version 0.4. Here’s the changelog:
- Last.fm scrobbling.
- The ability to open and play Spotify links e.g. straight from your Facebook app or browser.
- Save time and space by using tracks already stored on your iPod in your playlists - there’s no need to sync those track anymore.
- Save and find your favourite tracks and albums with the - Starred playlist and Star buttons (also coming to the desktop version soon!).
- The ability to sync your purchased Spotify tracks over Wifi.
- A new look for albums and playlists.
- The ability to set playlist as collaborative or not.
- The ability to search in playlists.
- The ability to create a new playlist from the Add to Playlist view.
- Playlists named “-” show up as separators.
- Support for listening at 96 kb/s for more efficient streaming on slow connections.
- Spotify remembers when you were when you quit and starts up at the same location.
- Album reviews added to album view.
- Volume slider uses system volume.
- Volume normalization option added
Spotify is rumored to be “released” in the US later this year, but there’s no official word about it yet. If you’re still wondering, it’s a great service.