Spotify debuts redesigned desktop and web app

Spotify has rolled out redesigned UI for both Mac and Windows, along with an updated web app. The new UI is meant to give the apps a more streamlined, less cluttered look and feel.

As part of the new changes, the search bar has been relocated from the top left of the screen to a slimmed-down vertical menu on the left. Various 'Your Library' options—Made For You, Recently Played, Albums, Artists or Podcasts— have been moved to a sub-menu under a single tab, which the user can click to access.

The library option has also been re-optimised, along with a different section for browsing podcasts. Users can now add descriptions, images to their custom playlists. A new dropdown menu with multiple shorting options has also been added.

"The playlisters are incredible on Spotify, but it seems like there's limited ability to interact with those playlisters — or for those playlisters to really understand who is listening to them and be able to build that second set of creators [who] are indirectly creating by helping other people find content to experience," said Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify, according to a report in TechCrunch.