Spotify for iPad: The perfect match?

The music-streaming service is finally available on Apple's flagship tablet, and it features "razor sharp graphics" and "butter-smooth" controls

The long-awaited Spotify app for the iPad is here, and it allows users to stream their favorite songs to wireless speakers.
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Put the boombox away: A Spotify app for your iPad is finally here. The popular music-streaming service (free, if you're willing to tolerate ads) launched in the U.S. in July 2011, premiering as a desktop client that encouraged listeners to piggyback on their friends' musical tastes. Spotify soon made its way onto several mobile devices, and now, the new tablet app is free to download, taps into Spotify's an expansive database of tens of thousands of songs, and pairs with Apple's AirPlay, which lets users stream music to wireless speakers without leaving the couch. (Watch a demo below.) Does the new Spotify live up to its gushing fans' rather grand expectations?

It's terrific: Sure, the new app doesn't have loads of "whiz-bang features," says Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired. But Spotify is "well suited to the iPad's large screen and Retina display," giving users great visuals while they venture "down the rabbit hole of music." Curious listeners can dive into an artist's discography, or discover similar acts like "their bass player's side project." The legions of "breathless Spotify fans" waiting for an iPad app won't be disappointed.

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