At Spotify, we want your experience to feel intuitive and personal across every moment of the day. Whether you’re streaming your favorite playlist while you work or browsing new recommendations on the go, Spotify should feel familiar and easy to use. With tablets—which are often used on the sofa or at a kitchen counter and offer more screen space to browse—we saw an opportunity to give the Spotify experience a little refresh.
Today we’re introducing a new app experience tailored for your tablet, designed to make listening, watching, and discovery feel more natural on larger screens.
A smarter, more responsive design
The refreshed tablet layout, available on iOS and Android devices, is designed to create a more seamless experience across screens where you use Spotify. Rather than simply scaling up mobile components, we designed the tablet experience to take advantage of the extra space, so you can browse and discover new favorites right alongside what you’re already playing. In addition, improvements we make to mobile can reach tablet users faster.
“From TV to desktop to the car, we’ve been designing Spotify to feel native to each screen—and now we’re bringing that same experience to tablets,” said Nicole Burrow, Head of Design, Consumer Experience, Spotify. “Tablets give you more room to explore, so we designed it to let you browse and discover new favorites alongside what’s already playing. The goal was simple: Wherever you open Spotify, it should feel unmistakably like Spotify.”
What’s new
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- Adaptive orientation: The interface now reconfigures—not just resizes—as you switch between portrait and landscape, so it feels balanced and intentional in both views.
- A collapsible sidebar: The new sidebar lets you browse and discover alongside your playback, or expands for deeper focus. It also includes interactive, scrollable content so you can explore without leaving what’s playing.
- An enhanced video experience: The “Switch to Video” toggle is now front and center, making it simpler to move into a more immersive viewing experience.
- Parallel browsing: Keep music or video playing on one side of the screen while you explore your library or recommendations on the other.
- A familiar feel: The core navigation stays the same, so the experience still feels like a natural extension of the mobile app. The bottom navigation bar keeps your main pages within easy reach, while the collapsible side drawer gives you quick access to your profile and settings.
With this update, your tablet becomes an even better place to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and video. It’s another step toward a more unified Spotify experience, one that can keep evolving across the devices you use today and the ones you’ll use tomorrow.
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