Spotifythe most used music streaming platform in Spain, continues to add functions to make listening to music a better experience. Now, they have just launched a long-awaited one for users and it is now possible see what your friends are listening to directly from your mobile. This novelty is found within the section of Messages that Spotify launched last summer.
From there users can chat and send songs, but now they will also be able to View your contacts’ playback activity. So far this option is only available in the web desktop version, but with this new update it finally reaches Android and iOS.
How the new Spotify works
As explained on the platform’s official blog, its operation is quite simple. Within a chat, the song your friend is listening to at that moment is shown and if it is not active, the last song they played will appear. However, it must be taken into account that You will only be able to see the activity of people with whom you have previously exchanged messages.
Added to this, Each user can decide if they want to share that information or not from the privacy settings. By tapping on the song your friend is listening to, you can play it, save it to your library, open its menu, or react with an emoji. Basically, this is intended to make discovering and sharing music faster without leaving the conversation.
This feature does not come alone, since Spotify has also added the option to request to join a ‘Jam’ from the chat itself. A ‘Jam’ is a session to listen to music at the same time with other people and add songs to a shared queue. To get started, just send the request from the conversation and wait for the other user to accept it. Once inside, everyone can add songs and listen to them in real time, although The host is the one who controls the session.
Both new features are already available in the mobile version of Spotifyboth on Android and iOS, just by updating the application. As such, viewing playback activity has no additional cost, but creating a ‘Jam’ requires having contracted Spotify Premiumalthough some free users can join a session created by a paid user.
