Submitted by Aaron on
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Description of App:
Taken from AppStore
Easily create stations for all the music you love, all for free. With the world’s music at your fingertips, finding the right thing to play can feel like a challenge. Stations gets you to music instantly—no searching or typing needed. As Stations learns more about what you like, it creates stations packed with the music you love, made just for you. Stations is an experiment by Spotify, and we’re always looking for ways to make it better.
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Accessibility Comments:
This is very accessible with voice over.
The buttons are clearly labeled.
Each station created by the user has a tab. As you swipe through the tabs, your stations will change. This used to bother me, but it functions like live radio. So whatever station is selected will be playing.
You add artists to stations by doing the following.
Scroll or select your station, double tap and hold until it brings up the station. From here, you can add or remove artists. So far, I can only add artists. I don't know if this a voice over issue, or that feature is still unavailable. The remove button that does appear when you bring up the station removes the whole station.
Remember, this is a new feature.
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This is a Spotify plugin, so it is very basic.
10 Comments
Stations
Submitted by J.P. on
I use this app when I’m lacy and don’t want to search much. Very accessible. The one thing I dislike was mentioned by you. I’d rather activate stations myself. The automatic switch really throws me off sometimes. A toggle for that would be nice.
Adding More than a Few Artists
Submitted by Jen on
Correction to my Original Question
It is possible to continue searching, and adding selected artists to a station. So you aren't limited by your first search, as I thought previously.
I searched for Jimi Hendrix, and a few artists similar to him appeared when I clicked on his name. So I added one or two of those.
But is there a way to search again, and add more artists to that station?
Or are you confined to the ones similar to your original search?
just wondering...
Submitted by ming on
well,
I am using spotify myself.
and
and just wondering.
1. what's the differences compare with the original one.
2. if I have an account! does it connect to it as well?
Stations
Submitted by J.P. on
Hi,
This is a separate app, but uses the same credentials.
The main difference is an easier way to create radio style stations. It starts with a favorites station, along with some of your most listened artists and genres. You can add similar artists to the list, or create new stations altogether. Stations were a feature much lacking in the main Spotify app. Unless counting on the Daily Mix and Made for you playlists.
The algorithm will also continue to track your listening habits. Helping to make your stations smarter
one more thing
Submitted by ming on
if I play some music on spotify (original app) does it has butterfly effect that let the Spotify Stations change or add new station as well?
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Submitted by J.P. on
Hi Ming,
Since both apps use the same credentials, they both get smarter. Your playlists and stations will continue to change reflecting your listening habits. The stations you listen to will also show in the recents list of the original Spotify app.
No Stations app in the South African App Store
Submitted by Scott Field on
Hi
Any idea if/when the app will come to other countries?
When you select your station,
Submitted by Aaron on
When you select your station, hold it down to activate it. Then there should be a search button. Search for the artist you want, double tap, and it should select it. At the very bottom of the screen is a next button. You can click on that and it should add it.
Does that make sense? I think I rambled.
Yes, it connects to your
Submitted by Aaron on
Yes, it connects to your account.
The difference is that the main app lets you play certain songs, and make playlists. The stations app is like pandora almost. You can't skip back, but you can skip forward. Stations also has been spitting more good songs lately. I think the main app's algorithm is broken. It plays very little new stuff.
No. The dev said this is
Submitted by Aaron on
No. The dev said this is still an experiment.