With the related apps or Spotify web player, you can easily listen to music online from your phones, game consoles, car stereos, portable speakers, in your browsers or on your Linux desktops. *To avoid having to caveat and bracket every reference to Ubuntu when writing about apps, content and services we will, no doubt at the chagrin of its developers, sometimes refer to its Phone, Tablet and ‘Next’ guises as ‘Ubuntu Touch’.Spotify is a great way to enjoy streaming music today. It is also available for Jolla’s SailfishOS. Its presence could help in persuading the more cautious adopters in switching to Ubuntu as their mobile device of choice next month.ĬuteSpotify is a free app and can be installed from the ‘Click App Store’ Scope. While simple rather than flashy, CuteSpotify ticks all the boxes it needs to. Spotify does provide an official (native) desktop client for Ubuntu/Linux music fans to use, but have (understandably) yet to talk of any plans to make an official Ubuntu for Phones/Tablet version. Unofficial, third-party apps have, over the years, helped to patch over the early”app gap” that all fledgling mobile platforms go through. The application life-cycle policies enforced on Ubuntu Touch* also mean that the app is unable to run in the background. If you switch to another app during streaming the app will stop playing music. One thing you won’t find on offer is Facebook integration (a plus in my book), and the client isn’t as big on visuals as the service’s own apps. At present, this is a bit hit and miss and will only work when the app is open in the foreground. Clicking on such a link in a tweet or scope should, in theory, prompt the app to open. The latest version also introduces experimental support for handling Spotify URLs.
Just like the official Spotify apps on Android and iOS, the app can set music steaming to work over Wi-Fi and/or cellular networks, has basic offline functionality, and surfaces popular content based on what others are listening to. Using the official music streaming service’s API, Mike Sheldon’s CuteSpotify allows premium subscribers to log in and stream content straight to their device. “CuteSpotify” is the best of the current crop, and has been freshly retuned to take advantage of the latest features and toolkits in Ubuntu for Phones/Tablets developer builds.
It may be a while before Spotify make an official Ubuntu Phone app or scope, so it’s up to third-party developers to ensure that early adopters of the platform aren’t greeted by silence.
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