<a href='http://www.wired.co.uk/spotify' target='_blank'>Spotify</a> has launched its music streaming service on PlayStation. But if you were expecting a flawless next-gen listening experience to go with your games, you might have to wait.
While the main service is a welcome arrival for both PS3 and PS4 consoles, attention has focused on the innovative feature 'Background Play', which will see PS4 users being able to swap out in-game music content in favour of streaming audio.
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So if you love playing GTA V but have had quite enough of the rolling music on the various radio stations supplied with the title, you can instead now listen to Spotify selections while taking down a bank or three across Los Santos and Blaine County. 'Music has always been a big part of gaming,' says Gustav Söderström, chief product officer at Spotify. 'I remember playing computer games like Quake and Counter-Strike with my favourite tunes on in the background -- taking the experience to a new level.
We're bringing back that magic of gaming with music.'
The new feature, available in 41 jurisdictions out of Spotify's 58 current markets, forces the game being played to drop its built-in music in favour of the Spotify app, and will work automatically in the majority of titles while a 'small selection' will require a manual switch over. https://renewgalaxy579.weebly.com/blog/spotify-premium-apk-no-root.
The in-game music controls will allow players to flick through Spotify tracks without having to duck out of the action, while a tweaked UI has been optimised for large televisions. The service works for both free and premium Spotify accounts, but free tier users will get the lower quality 160kbps streaming rather than 320kbps.
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However, there are some teething issues to the Background Play service. WIRED asked Spotify if it was working on allowing users to share playlists, so that multiplayer gamers can all listen to the same music as they play the same missions together, but while the company would not rule out that this was being worked on as an update it's not available from launch. Free alternatives for spotify.
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Another missing feature that would lend itself to this new service would be adaptive music selection, where the Spotify software might select appropriate music from its online catalogue that was relevant to the on-screen action -- thus avoiding an accidental Carpenters selection during a high-octane Driveclub session. Again, no word on if this will be integrated any time soon.
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Spotify however did underline that this was the first iteration of the PS service and that users should expect many more features to be added in the near future.