Spotify has introduced a redesigned app experience for tablets, focused on making usage more intuitive and personal across different moments of the day. The update aims to make listening, watching, and discovery feel more natural on larger screens.
Spotify refreshed tablet layout
The updated tablet interface is designed specifically for larger screens rather than simply scaling up the mobile app. It uses the extra space to enable browsing and discovery alongside ongoing playback.
The layout is also aligned with the mobile experience for consistency across devices, and Spotify added that improvements made to mobile can now reach tablet users faster.
Key features
- Adaptive layout and multitasking: The interface dynamically adjusts between portrait and landscape modes, reorganizing content for a balanced view. Users can browse content while music or video continues playing, enabling a seamless multitasking experience.
- Collapsible sidebar with discovery tools: A new sidebar allows users to explore content alongside playback. It can expand for deeper navigation or collapse for a cleaner interface, with interactive, scrollable sections for continuous discovery.
- Enhanced video experience: The “Switch to Video” toggle is now more visible, making it easier to move from audio to a more immersive video experience.
- Familiar navigation structure: The core navigation remains unchanged, with the bottom navigation bar keeping key sections accessible, while the side drawer provides quick access to profile and settings.
The company said that with this update, tablets become a better place to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and video. It added that this marks another step toward a “more unified Spotify experience,” designed to evolve across the devices users rely on today and in the future.
Availability
The redesigned tablet experience is rolling out for Android tablets and iPads through the latest version of the Spotify app, with a phased rollout across supported devices.
Speaking on the update, Nicole Burrow, Head of Design, Consumer Experience, Spotify, said:
From TV to desktop to the car, we’ve been designing Spotify to feel native to each screen—and now we’re extending that same experience to tablets. 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.