8 February 2013 13:39 GMT / By Chris Hall

Spotify has been missing about Windows Phone 8 because the platform introduced back inside October 2012, with all the suggestions forums about Spotify.com only providing “Q1 2013″ because a release date.

However, Brendan Arndt, a device portfolio manager at Three UK, has hinted about Twitter it may be coming surprisingly shortly. It is Q1 2013 in the end, thus it appears completely fair.

We questioned Arndt found on the source of the data, yet he understandably declined to pass found on the details.

Spotify is accessible about Windows Phone 7, yet it took about a year to finally emerge. Having been confirmed inside October 2010, it finally landed inside November 2011.

Spotify coming to Windows Phone 8 might aid bolster the platform’s armoury of apps, delivering a big name about board. Windows Phone has attracted a fair amount of criticism because its application providing challenges to compete with all the iPhone plus Android equipment.

However, Spotify encounters bigger competition after the release of Xbox Music, providing a rival subscription music service with all the benefit, like Spotify, of being accessible about a variety of equipment.

We’ve been inside contact with Spotify inside the UK to find proof about this currently unverified information, nonetheless the business declined to comment. We can update because shortly because you hear more, nevertheless keep a eyes peeled WinPhoners!

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Spotify, Music, Windows Phone 8, Microsoft, Apps, Streaming