As a few users have
**ticed over the past day,
Spotify has begun rolling out a small but significant design change to its iOS app that does away
With the
Hamburger Menu and
Replaces it
With an easier-to-understand
Navigation bar across the bottom of the experience. The new bar more closely resembles the rest of the apps in Apple's ecosystem, particularly the
Navigation Menu on its own streaming music service,
Apple Music, which is **w rumored for a
design overhaul an**uncement at
WWDC.
Before the update,
Spotify users had to tap on the three-line
Hamburger button in the top-left corner of the app to open up a launch pad
Menu that would bring them to other sections of the service like its radio and music library. Hiding much-needed areas of
Spotify from the immediate view of its users made it somewhat of a hassle, especially for newcomers, so the introduction of the straightforward traversal cues presented by the
Navigation bar should help everyone out.
Specifically, the new bar houses tabs for Spotify's Home launching pad, an area to browse new music, a search function, access to radio, and your own library of music. Understandably, some in-house testing by
Spotify discovered that
With the tab bar, user interactivity
With these
Menu options jumped up 30 percent over the
Hamburger UI, while also encouraging new music and artist discovery and keeping users inside the service instead of seeking alternative solutions in other music streaming apps.
iPhone users in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Sweden will
begin seeing the
Navigation bar update as the rollout continues today,
With the company promising additional markets and platforms in the coming months.
Spotify Music is available to download from the
App Store for free. [
Direct Link]
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