Spotify is bringing a great desktop feature to phones at last

Date:
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:00:37 +0000

Description:
Spotify's new Community feature is set to let you pry on your pals music habits on the go.

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Music fans have been calling on Spotify to bring theFriend Activitysidebar from the desktop version to mobile for what seems like a lifetime, and it now finallylooks like theyre about to get their wish.

Up until now, thefeature, which allows you to see what your Spotify friends
or Facebook contacts are currently streaming ,has somewhat inexplicably never been available on Android or iOS mobile versions of the app.

But it now looks like that functionality is set to finally be available at last to music fans on the go.

Originally spotted by Hashtag inventor and all round tech icon Chris Messina
, it appears the streaming service is testing a new Spotify Community tab for mobile devices which seems to offer broadly the same experience asFriend Activity, displayingwhat music your friendsand Facebook contacts are
streaming in real time as well as what playlists theyve recently updated. Ready? Here's my secret! Spotify has a new Community Hub to see what your friends are listening to live and what playlists they've recently updated.I have no idea who Andrew Orona is, though. Want access? SuperFollow me and
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Interestingly, the test area can be accessed by anyone with an iOS device. If you fancy having a mooch around and have an iPhone or iPad, simply type in"spotify:community"in your Safari address bar. New Community feature takes Spotify back to its social roots

The rise of Spotify was in no small part shaped by the way it dovetailed nicely with emerging social media platforms of the time like Facebook, which encouraged the sharing and editing of playlists. It meant that Spotify was
the streaming service to get, because you couldn't listen to what was being shared everywhere otherwise. It was its greatest triumph, and is what rivals such as Tidal at its launch failed to copy, leaving them way behind on popularity.

The addition of this new Community feature for mobile apps alongside the recent addition of"Blends" a tool that allows you to cook up new playlists with pals based on both of your musical tastes shows something of a return to Spotifys early aims of inspiring music discovery through your
friendslistening habits.

Lets just hope that Spotify moves with the times and allow Community to link up with other social networks beyond the now achingly unhip Facebook, otherwise all were likely to be exposed to is your uncles boomer Britpop mix rather than some fresh new bangers.

A return to great social features could be exactly what Spotify needs, in an era where it doesn't feel like such good value compared to its rivals these days .



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