34: Redesigning our Apple TV App *Release Notes*

<p>What does it take to ship a video-first Spotify experience on the biggest screen in your house?</p><p>In this Release Notes episode of the NerdOut@Spotify podcast, you’ll hear about the redesigned Spotify app on Apple TV — why we rebuilt it, what it took to build a fully native tvOS app from the ground up, and how we evolved from a templated TVML-based UI to a modern, pixel-perfect experience.</p><p>The result is a faster, more visual experience tailored for a bigger screen, with expanded video support, AI DJ, on-screen lyrics, and improved navigation across the app.</p><p>Along the way, we dig into tvOS focus-based navigation, service runtime and dependency wrangling, and the important role AI coding agents played in helping us move faster — from generating UI from Figma designs, to mapping complex dependency trees, to automating visual diffs for pixel perfection.</p><p>The new Spotify app is available on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Apple TV App Store now</a>.</p><p>Read what else we’re nerding out about on the Spotify Engineering Blog: <a href="https://engineering.atspotify.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">engineering.atspotify.com</a></p><p><br />You should follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SpotifyEng" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@SpotifyEng</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/spotify-r&amp;d" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBvqSwbfAf5Vx1jrwkG43Q" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>!</p>