Wish to ship a cool track or podcast to a pal? When you each use Spotify, you will quickly be capable of message them immediately by way of the app.
On Tuesday, Spotify launched in-app Messages on cell units, which shall be rolling out to Free and Premium customers aged 16 and older. The characteristic will solely be out there on cell units, and in “select markets” — Spotify didn’t elaborate on what they’re.
The characteristic works precisely as you’d anticipate; messages are one-on-one conversations which let you share Spotify content material akin to songs, podcasts, or audiobooks, in addition to react with textual content and emojis.
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The characteristic will launch in choose markets this week.
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To entry Messages, faucet in your profile photograph within the prime left nook, and both choose an present chat or faucet “New Message” to ship a message.
Messages inside the Spotify app are simply one other solution to share Spotify content material. The corporate says they’re designed to enhance sharing Spotify content material on different platforms, akin to Instagram, Fb, Snapchat, or Tiktok, however not change it.
Spotify additionally inbuilt some safety and privateness controls to the Messages characteristic. Customers have the selection to just accept or reject message requests, and so they can report content material that they contemplate to be dangerous. They’re going to additionally be capable of block different customers, or choose out of Messages utterly by way of Spotify’s Settings.
Lastly, Messages are encrypted with “industry-standard encryption in transit and at rest.” The corporate, nevertheless, says it can use “proactive detection technology to scan messages for certain unlawful and harmful content,” and the corporate’s moderators will overview reported content material.
