Spotify

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If you are of those that use streaming music services like Deezer, Rdio, Napster or GrooveShark own, now have one more option to enjoy.

Spotify has a free subscription plan, in which you can hear about 30 million songs completely legal way, without the need to spend a dime for it. But there's a catch: in free accounts, there is the display of advertisements transmitted from time to time, without the possibility of removing them.

At first, the monthly fee will be charged in US dollars: $ 5.99. But the company itself has said that this value will be converted to the local currency and switch to R $ 14.90 soon.

Let the application

Unlike major competitors, Spotify has an official application that can be downloaded and used on your computer. In addition, Spotify has an advanced algorithm to create recommendations for artists according to your taste - a feature similar to that conducted by Netflix to show movies and TV shows.

According to the company, this algorithm identifies the day of the week and the time and send playlists of suggestions for you. The program also has dozens of playlists that are created from musical genres or on your mood, including songs to run, relax, work etc.

To start your use, you must be a register through the application itself or indicate your Facebook account. This second option is more interesting for those who like to share all kinds of activities in the social network.

In the upper left side of the program for the search bar, where you can search for songs, artists or albums in particular. The results are obtained in real time as you type, saving time at the time of the survey.

When you open a an artist profile, you can view his biography and all the albums released that are available in Spotify. Profile bands, musicians or singers, there is also a feature that displays related artists, or of similar style. So if you like a band and want to meet new similar names, this feature is valuable.

organization

The player has a sober look and is entirely in Portuguese. Thus, in a short time you can become familiar with all the features offered. On the left side there is the "Main Menu", where you can find everything you need to listen to radio, music and more.

• Browse: you see the main news program. There you find playlists that are created by Spotify team and the most played songs (organized by country, themes and genre);

• Discover: there are numerous possibilities. In this section you Spotify itself that brings the artists who are up near your area, in addition to bands, songs and popular albums in the service;

• Radio: is the menu where you can listen to stations based on artists and musical genres - here are organized in a classical way;

• Following: gives a more social aspect to Spotfy application, it brings suggestions of people to follow you;

• Lists of most played: displays the lanes and the most played albums worldwide and in Maroc. If you wish, you can choose another specific country;

• Devices: an important feature of Spotify is that it not only works as an online service of the player, but also as a player of your MP3 files.