{"id":382745,"date":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382745\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","slug":"spotify-launches-a-new-tablet-friendly-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382745\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify launches a new tablet-friendly UI."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Apr 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Spotify launches a new tablet-friendly UI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">No more scaled-up mobile interface elements. The <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2026-04-16\/new-tablet-app-experience\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest version<\/a> of Spotify has a collapsible sidebar and specific portrait and landscape layouts on both iPads and Android tablets. 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