Spotify has announced a significant upgrade to its Apple TV app, delivering a more seamless, intelligent, and immersive listening experience for owners of Apple’s set-top box who prefer Spotify over Apple Music. This update combines Spotify’s renowned personalized features with the expansive capabilities of the big screen, allowing users to listen, watch, and engage like never before.
A Fresh, Native Interface Tailored to tvOS 26
The most immediate change Apple TV users will notice is Spotify’s redesigned interface, created natively for tvOS 26. This modern and sleek design mirrors the familiar look and feel Spotify users enjoy on other devices, now perfectly optimized for the Apple TV environment. The update emphasizes usability and smooth navigation, ensuring fans of Spotify’s platform can effortlessly transition to their TV.
Smart Listening and Enhanced Controls
Spotify’s new app takes smart listening to the next level by enabling seamless playback and innovative remote control capabilities via Spotify Connect. One standout feature is the dynamic Spotify DJ, which offers personalized music recommendations that adapt to the mood and context of the user’s listening session, enhancing discovery and enjoyment.
Expanded Multimedia Features
Depending on regional availability, Apple TV users will benefit from enriched content options including music videos and podcasts accessible directly through the app. Extra functional upgrades include the ability to manage playback queues, adjust podcast or video speeds, and even display lyrics on screen for a fully immersive audio-visual experience.
Availability and Broader Context
The updated Spotify app for Apple TV is now available worldwide in the App Store. Users eager to upgrade immediately can do so, while others can expect an automatic rollout by mid-November. This release marks a meaningful leap forward in Spotify’s presence on Apple TV, traditionally a platform where Apple Music has held an advantage in feature set due to its native integration.
With this faster, more reliable version of Spotify’s Apple TV app, users gain compelling reasons to choose Spotify for their big screen music consumption. Notably, this update arrives shortly after Spotify introduced lossless audio support, alongside ongoing efforts to enrich its service with new AI-driven features, enhanced algorithms, and superior sound quality — all aimed at offering an unparalleled streaming experience.
