One of the world’s most popular music streaming services is bringing in a unique feature that’s already dividing users.
Spotify has announced that it will unveil direct messages on the platform, providing a ‘dedicated space within the app to share songs, podcasts, or audiobooks’.
Beginning later this week, messages will roll out to Spotify users – both Free and Premium – above the age of 16.
The messages will allow direct conversation to share content on the platform and to chat about music in general.
Other features will include:
- Share Spotify content and start a message in-app with people you’ve interacted with before through Spotify.
- When listening to a song, podcast, or audiobook in the Now Playing View, tap the share icon, select a friend, and hit send.
- Once you accept a message request, you’ll be able to react with emojis, send texts, and seamlessly share Spotify content back and forth. Access Messages by going to your profile photo in the top left corner.
Users will see suggested people to chat with based on past behaviour on the app.
Not everyone is convinced. One X user wrote: ‘I just want to listen to my music in peace, I have no interest in chatting with my friends.
‘I think there are enough platforms to already do that. Let something be as it is.’
Another added: ‘One platform where you could mind your business in peace. Literally, who asked for this in the first place?’
‘Spotify could have been social 50 years ago, but instead, the desktop app was the only version with the feature showing what friends are playing,’ another said.
‘You should be able to have a listening room where you join friends’ music stream and chat. Just a bunch of missed opportunities to make it FUN!’
A few years ago, Spotify’s daylist feature had a big moment on social media.
For some context, Spotify daylist is a changing playlist that aims to capture your musical mood and tastes at certain times each day.
The playlist updates at various points throughout the day, and the title of it changes to reflect your usual listening habits at that time — and these incredibly relatable titles have captured people’s attention.
Screenshots of daylist titles are everywhere, with hilarious examples including ‘Soul Crushing Haunting Monday Afternoon’, ‘Teen Angst Mallgoth Wednesday Afternoon’, and ‘New York Hardcore Straight Edge Tuesday Night’.
The features it has may be funky, but Spotify is still one of the world’s largest music platforms.
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