Considered an experiment, parts of Stations will continue to exist on Spotify’s platform.
Spotify is shutting down Spotify Stations, its lightweight music streaming app, on May 16, according to emails being sent out to users. The email is being shared across Twitter which explains both the standalone app and web-based player will no longer function. In fact, Spotify isn’t even waiting until May 16 to begin shutting down Stations as the app has already been delisted from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Spotify’s email goes on to clarify that the music stations will migrate over to the main app and recommends you move your favorites over. We reached out to Spotify to ask why it was discontinuing Stations. Simply put, it was an “experiment” that ran its course. A Spotify spokesperson told TechRadar in a statement, “At Spotify, we routinely conduct a number of experiments to create better listening experiences for our users.
