At an event in New York today, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced a free streaming product on Android and iOS smartphones. "We want to make something that's really great — that really fits into people's lives." Thus, the focus for Spotify Free on mobile is a Shuffle feature that lets you pick an artist or playlist and hear a stream of shuffled tracks. In other words, the service isn't straightforward ad-supported streaming on-demand, but is instead more random, like Spotify's current Radio feature on mobile for free users.



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