New Delhi: Music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that it is developing a new feature called Community that will allow mobile users to see what kind of music their friends are streaming in real-time. As TechCrunch reports, the feature will also allow mobile users to see which playlists their friends have recently updated in a dedicated space in the app.
While not publicly available in the app at this time, mobile users can access this new community feature by typing “Spotify: community” into the Safari browser on their iOS device, the report said. (Also Read: 28% GST Likely On Gross Revenue On Casino, Online Gaming, Horse Racing: Report)
Also first noticed by Chris Messina, who earlier this month shared a video of the feature on Twitter amid a long list of Spotify app updates. (Also read: LIC stock wipes out assets worth over $18 billion after mega-IPO, what should investors do now?)
The company offers a similar “friend activity” feature on desktop, but users had limited access to the same friend activity on mobile devices.
Spotify said the feature was in early testing stages, but declined to share more details.
The company’s roots as a social music streaming app helped the company grow in its earlier days by leveraging its Facebook integration to create its Friend Graph.
But, in later years, Spotify turned more attention to personalization features to give it an advantage over streaming rivals.