“Spotify Lite was built from the ground up based on user feedback from around the world, allowing millions more to enjoy the world’s best music experience — especially in areas with limited bandwidth and phone storage,” says Kalle Persson, Senior Product Manager at Spotify. Lite can be downloaded separately, both for Free and Spotify Premium users, and used either alongside or independently from the main Spotify app on all Android phones running version 4.3 or higher.
With Spotify Lite, you can easily control your data and storage. It’s only 10 MB, so it’s quick to install and load while offering the same great listening experience that lets you discover, play, and enjoy millions of songs. Spotify Lite also comes with the ability to set a data limit and get a notification when you reach it. This way, you’ll be able to focus on finding your next favorite song—not worrying about data.
Now that’s a good idea. For the price of an intelligently written, broad-install base app, Spotify gets two things: More ads served and a foothold in developing areas.
Interesting that it’s Android only. About time the non–10%ers got a major app specialized for their OSes too (not kidding, and this isn’t an Android knock – read the blurb above, again: 4.3 isn’t playing around).