{"id":102855,"date":"2018-07-02T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=102855"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:21:31","slug":"spotify-lite-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-lite-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify now has a Lite app for Android too"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is still a test, and the icon says “beta,” but Spotify has launched Spotify Lite for Android. We\u2019ve recently seen a spate of apps releasing basic versions of themselves so that users with older or slower phones can access their services. Spotify Lite is the latest and offers a much simpler version of the Spotify experience.<\/p>\n

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Compared to the likes of Facebook\u2019s Lite apps<\/a> or Google\u2019s Go apps<\/a>, Spotify Lite<\/a> has cut a lot of the main app\u2019s experience. Despite their smaller file size and less resource intensive operation, Facebook and Google have managed to maintain most of what their main apps offer. Spotify Lite has managed to cut its size down considerably but to achieve this, a lot of the Spotify experience that we know and love has been cut.<\/p>\n

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Spotify Lite offers users the ability to play random tracks from suggested playlists. The playlists are automatically set to shuffle, and there is no option turn off shuffle. That is pretty much it. There is no control over playlists, no radio, no single track search, and no radio stations. You download Spotify Lite, and you get the music you are given.<\/p>\n

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Spotify has made it clear that this is a test app and that the company wants your feedback. Users have already started chiming in with their opinions via reviews on the Google Play store<\/a>. Most people seem to be asking for:<\/p>\n