Getting help with building Spotify apps just got easier. Today, we’re introducing the Spotify for Developers community forum, a new home for conversations about developing software on the Spotify platform. This forum is the place to ask questions about Spotify developer tools, share feedback on the platform, and connect with other developers who are building on the Spotify API.

Today we are excited to announce the launch of our new Podcast APIs, a set of API features that allow developers to build podcast experiences for Spotify users. You can use the Podcast APIs to search Spotify’s podcast catalog, programmatically follow or unfollow podcasts, and fetch information about episodes and podcast shows. Read on for more information about using the Podcast APIs in your app.

The Spotify mobile SDKs allow developers to create iOS and Android apps that interact with Spotify. We’re excited to announce that apps using our mobile SDKs can now connect to Spotify while a device is offline. This feature makes it possible for mobile apps to control playback and authenticate a Spotify user when they are without a network connection. Read on to learn more about how to implement offline authentication for your platform.

Last year, we announced that Spotify will move away from supporting our old streaming SDK in favor of a solution that enables both Spotify Free and Premium users to utilize playback controls in a third party context. We launched our new mobile SDKs in September 2018, and also took our iOS SDK out of beta.