Look Out Pandora, the folks over at Spotify are plannnig on launching a Web-Based vesion of their popular desktop and mobile application.
It’s unknown whether the new product will replace the current desktop version, which requires downloading a player, TechCrunch reports, citing unnamed sources. Spotify is currently available by way of the downloadable desktop software or by mobile app.
A browser-based version of Spotify would be available to users on any PC, rather than just the one with the downloaded player.
According to TechCrunch’s sources, Spotify is also working to improve the ways users can discover new music. Spotify listeners can already subscribe to nonfriends’ playlists, but TechCrunch says the service will probably start suggesting various lists to follow and “may try to recruit big name celebrities, musicians, and DJs to share playlists.”
Spotify may also tweak its pricing to encourage mobile use, TechCrunch reports, with, perhaps, an $8 a month plan for ad-free and mobile service. The service is currently free on the desktop with advertisements; ad-free on the desktop for $5 a month; and ad-free on the desktop and on mobile apps — with offline listening possible — for $10 a month.
