Spotify mobile now available in Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili and Zulu

Other languages include Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Filipino, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Odia, Persian, Portuguese for Portugal, Eastern Punjabi, Western Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Tamil, Telugu, Ukrainian and Urdu.

The additional languages, which were already available on Web, now make Spotify mobile accessible in 62 languages.

The music streaming service said the move complements its efforts to “engage with more listeners, in more places, in more languages. By reaching more people, we are giving millions of new creators the opportunity to build a career while connecting existing creators with new audiences.”

To select a new Spotify app language, mobile users will need to change the language settings on their device.

The move follows the company's announcement in February that it would expand to more than 80 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Spotify also said that it would launch a new subscription tier called Spotify HiFi, which features lossless audio quality with support for smartphones and other devices, as well as speakers that support Spotify Connect.

The new development is a smart move from the music streaming service. Mobile devices are more accessible than desktops in developing countries, which is where internet use and penetration rates are growing most rapidly, according to Broadband Search. About 90% of mobile device use around the world is spent on apps.

The move could also benefit creators who upload their songs to the platform. Spotify last month said that more than 60 000 new tracks were being uploaded to its service every day, which means about 22 million tracks are expected to be added to its catalogue every year. In November last year, the platform said it hosted approximately around 70 million songs.