Ryan Haines / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Spotify is working on “Played Receipts” and “Saved Receipts” for its in-app Messages feature.
- These would allow users to see when a shared song or podcast episode has been played or saved.
- Users will be able to turn these receipts off to maintain privacy across all their chats.
Spotify rolled out the Messages feature in August last year, giving users a dedicated space within the app to share songs, podcasts, and audiobooks with friends and family. The company built up on it with Listening Activity and Request to Jam this year. There’s more to come for Messages, as we’ve now spotted the music equivalent of Read Receipts in development within the Spotify app.
Spotify v9.1.34.1586 includes strings for features called “Saved Receipts” and “Played Receipts.” Starting off, here’s what the app says about Saved Receipts:
Code
Saved receipts
"People can see when you've saved a song or episode they sent you." In the above strings, “campfire” is the codename for Spotify’s Messages feature. As the string implies, Saved Receipts will allow others to see when you’ve saved a song or episode they sent to you in a message conversation within Spotify.
Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority?
Here’s what the app says about Played Receipts:
Code
Played receipts
"People can see when you've played a song or episode they sent you." Similar to Saved Receipts, Played Receipts will let others see when you’ve played a song or episode they sent you on Spotify.
Much like the usual Read Receipts we’re used to on popular messaging apps, users can turn off Saved Receipts and Played Receipts:
Code
Turn off
Turning them off will remove them from all of your chats.
Turn off
Turning them off will remove them from all of your chats. Expectedly, turning off Saved Receipts or Played Receipts will disable the feature in your conversations, so you can’t see their saved or played activity, and they can’t see yours.
⚠️ An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.
Thank you for being part of our community. Read our Comment Policy before posting.
