Good news for music lovers. If you have an Android smartphone or an Iphone, you can now access millions of songs, legally for free. All you need to do is download the spotify app. Available now, full playlist options available in the new year.
This can be downloaded from google play store or itunes.
For radio lovers you can also download 'tunein radio' which has music from most countries, with all genres - great free app available itunes & google play.
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Spotify is to extend its "free" ad-supported music service to mobile devices.
Smartphone users will be able to build playlists of songs and then hear them played back in a random order. Tablet users will have more control, letting them select specific tracks.
The Swedish firm also announced it was expanding to a further 20 countries, taking its total reach to 55.
Experts said it needed to make the moves to combat growing competition.
Until now Spotify has offered a free-to-use product only on PCs, and had restricted its mobile apps to paying subscribers.
But its founder, Daniel Ek, said bringing a free service to Android and iOS devices would tempt more people to eventually switch to the premium version where they could access higher-quality audio, no adverts and the ability to listen to songs offline.
"Our very clear mission is getting more people to access and discover more great music," he told a press conference in New York.
"Along with more free users there will be more subscribers, and that means more revenue back to the industry."
The firm is dropping the 10-hours-a-month cap it previously placed on long-term users of its free services........
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