Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service in the form of proprietary software and a website.
It is a software developed since 2006 by the Spotify AB team based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was founded by Daniel Ek, former CTO of Stardoll, and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler.
The head office is based in Stockholm : Spotify was launched for public access on October 7, 2008.
This digital distribution platform allows for near-instant listening of music files. The catalog can be browsed by artist or album, and also through a personalized playlist feature.
The service is available for free with ad breaks between songs, the premium version allows you to listen to songs offline and removes ads.
An application is available for Windows, MacOS, some Linux distributions, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, 4, 5, Xbox One and Xbox series X,S as well as in most web browsers.
Other connected objects can also use the application : speakers, televisions, smart watches, voice assistants.