


Some podcasts will also automatically populate a transcript via this field as you listen. Additionally, this field gives you access to purchase merchandise directly from the artist and take a peak at any upcoming tour dates. There’s also a new “Now Playing” view on the right side of the screen that displays the current content you are listening to, complete with biographical information on the artist. You can now collapse the library for a compact view, which is always nice. This gives you immediate access to saved music and podcast collections, helping to save time when switching between playlists. The main content area remains unchanged, with the same access to browsing and recommended songs and podcasts, but the left-side of the app window now features the recently-launched “Your Library” feature, which the company started testing a few months back. After all, Spotify was originally a browser-based experience even before it made its way to fancy phones. However, the desktop side of things just received a major overhaul in what the company is calling “one of the biggest revamps yet” to bring the standalone app and web app up to speed with more popular smartphone-based cousins.

Spotify has really let its desktop app go in recent years, throwing most of its resources at the mobile apps and certain vaccine-hating podcasters.
