Why no updates for Windows Phone?

[peder2]

On my Samsung Android device I get updates from Google Play for the Spotify app a couple of times a week as it seems (no idea what all the updates are for, must be back end stuff). On my Nokia Windows 8 Phone however, there are no updates available even though there are many functions still missing compared to the Andriod version.

Does anyone know why Spotify ignores Windows Phone?

[Chromana]

Current market shares for the different platforms in September 2013 in the USA:

Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Jun-13	Sep-13	Point Change
Android	52.0%	51.8%	-0.2
Apple	39.9%	40.6%	0.7
BlackBerry	4.4%	3.8%	-0.6
Microsoft	3.1%	3.3%	0.2

That probably has a lot to do with it. Spotify is simply going to put in effort where there is the most demand.

At one point a couple years ago the Android app was seriously lagging behind and still using design elements from years before then. But since Android is such a big player these days they have focussed more on the platform.

Source: http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2013/11/comScore_Reports_September_2013_U.S._Smartph...

[Joe]

Spotify is available in other countries too though 🙂 I also believe that WP is more popular in Eastern European countries.

[Peter__]

Still small if you look worldwide though too:

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24257413

[Joe]

@Peter__ Why do I get this feeling of Déjà vu?

🙂

[francispelland]

Save a buck or so and just switch to XBox music. Used to be a huge fan of Spotify and told everyone about it. Once you try XBox music you see how bad Spotify was. Heck I am happy bluetooth streaming works as expected!

Part of me still wishes for WP8 updates, but sadly there is nothing that even hints at them consider it.