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PerfectSpotify lets jailbreakers augment the Spotify app’s user interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 12, 2020

Those who swear by Spotify can come up with an endless list of reasons as to why it’s a better music streaming platform than Apple Music, but despite what Spotify fans tell you, there are still a myriad of different ways that the Spotify app itself could be improved.

PerfectSpotify is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak created by iOS developer Luki120 that permits any Spotify user wielding a jailbroken handset to augment their Spotify app with various customizations of their choosing, whether that means enabling a better song library interface, hiding unwanted elements of the user interface, or something else.

How to change the default music service on HomePod

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated June 2, 2024

In this tutorial, we will tell you all about changing the default music service on your HomePod from Apple Music to something else such as YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, etc.

Spotify rolling out streaming support for the Apple Watch

Evan Selleck ∙ November 3, 2020

Back in September, Spotify started testing the ability to stream content from the Apple Watch directly. It was a limited pool of testers, and there wasn't any word when the feature would arrive for the public. But the wait appears to be over for some.

Spotify now has an iOS 14 widget

Evan Selleck ∙ October 14, 2020

With iOS 14, Apple welcomed a more robust widget experience for the mobile operating system. And now that the software is out there in the wild, more developers are adopting the feature support for their apps.

Make Spotify’s Now Playing interface more OLED-friendly with Blackout

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 10, 2020

The Spotify Music app is one of the best alternatives to Apple Music in terms of online music streaming for the iPhone or iPad, and while the application itself already sports a somewhat ‘dark’ aesthetic, there are certainly some areas where it could do with improvement for those who like using dark mode or who use an OLED display-equipped handset.

Blackout is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer atebitsy that brings improved dark mode and OLED display support to the Spotify Music app, and it does so by providing users with an always-blacked out Now Playing interface background, as depicted by the before and after screenshot examples above.

Annotation lets Spotify users add descriptions & custom cover art to music playlists

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 9, 2020

While it has always been possible to create music playlists in the Spotify Music app for iPhone and iPad, one thing that seemed to be missing was a way to customize those playlists in depth. Fortunately, those with a jailbreak are no longer bound to such asinine limitations.

Annotation is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer atebitsy that brings music playlist customization options to the Spotify Music app. Right out of the box, it will permit users to add detailed descriptions to their music playlists and even change the playlist’s cover artwork to their liking.

Microsoft’s new principles for choice, fairness, and innovation in the Microsoft Store is an obvious jab at Apple, too

Evan Selleck ∙ October 8, 2020

Apple's App Store has seen plenty of criticism over the years, but the backlash from major companies has started ramping up as of late. And Microsoft's not shying away, either.

Spotify adds lyric search more than two years after Apple Music, brings weekly music charts

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 5, 2020

Spotify now lets you find your favorite tunes by lyrics, a handy feature that Apple Music picked up two years ago via the iOS 12 software update. The service gained weekly music charts, too.

Spotify, Epic Games, Tile, and others form a Coalition for App Fairness in an effort to fight back against Apple’s policies

Evan Selleck ∙ September 24, 2020

It took a bit longer than previously expected, but Epic Games has found its coalition of like-minded companies to "fight back" against Apple.

Spori makes it easier to use Siri to dictate music playback in Spotify

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 22, 2020

If you’re jailbroken on iOS 13 and use Spotify as your primary music streaming app, then chances are you might find yourself wishing that Siri worked as smoothly with Spotify as it did with Apple Music. Fortunately, a free jailbreak tweak called Spori by iOS developer udevs can make that happen.

Siri can already play tracks via the Spotify Music app if you specifically articulate that you’d like to play that song in Spotify, but who wants to waste their time adding those extra words to each and every Siri command? I, for one, certainly don't.

Zefy makes Spotify behave more like a default media player on jailbroken iPhones

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 21, 2020

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services available for the iOS & iPadOS platforms apart from Apple's own Apple Music streaming service. But if anything’s painfully obvious, it’s the fact that Apple nerfs the functionality of third-party apps and services that compete with its own by limiting what they can do on their platform; this effectively makes Apple’s own services look better by comparison, and intentionally so.

If you’re an avid Spotify user and you also have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal, then you could probably benefit from the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Zefy by iOS developer udevs. This tweak implements a few handy workarounds for iOS to make Spotify feel more like a native music player than just a third-party alternative to Apple’s.

Spotify says Apple’s new Apple One bundles ‘threatens our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect’ [Update: Apple responds]

Evan Selleck ∙ September 15, 2020

Earlier today during the "Time Flies" event, Apple officially unveiled the rumored Apple One bundles. It's three different options, each of which bundles Apple's most popular services for various monthly prices.