Spotify Now Available on PlayStation 4 and PS3

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Sony's Music Unlimited service closed its doors yesterday, which paved the way for Spotify to take its place. A couple months back, a partnership between Sony and Spotify was announced, and today things have come to fruition. Spotify is now available on the PlayStation 4 and PS3, bringing with it all the music you can possibly desire. PS4 users will find PlayStation Music with Spotify directly on the launcher, while PS3 users will need to navigate to the Music section on the XMB. Once you load up the app, you can sign up for an account, or either log in through Spotify Connect on your smartphone or by entering your username and password. You can then link up your accounts to bring over all your playlists, saved music, and enjoy any benefits of a subscription, if you have one.

The Spotify interface should be familiar to anyone already using Spotify, and of course any PS4 users. You start off in the "Browse" section that can highlight new artists or the different genres, but can jump over to "Your Music" to access playlists and the like. However, you can't sort by artist in the "Your Music" section; only by playlist. The search function is full featured and extensive, so you can find whatever artist or song that way.

On the PlayStation 4, you can listen to music while you're gaming and get a custom soundtrack going for nearly every game. If you've played a game for the hundredth time and want some new music playing, now you're able to. That alone should make many PS4 users very happy, since the system cannot play music CDs and you're effectively stuck with whatever music the game comes with. PS3 users won't be able to take advantage of that feature, but everything else between the consoles is the same. Sadly there is no mention of Spotify for the PS Vita, and with Music Unlimited gone, hopefully you have some music stored on a memory card.

Former subscribers of Music Unlimited can receive two months of Spotify Premium for free, while any new Spotify users get one month of Premium for free. Both Sony and Spotify have plans to expand the service on PlayStation, so maybe before long we'll be able to sort by artists when going through our music.

Source: PlayStation Blog