Spotify's New Dm Feature Lets You Chat With Friends In-app Now - Here's How

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Spotify is adding a caller in-app messaging feature.
• Conversations are one-to-one pinch group you know.
• The characteristic is disposable for users 16 and older.

Spotify is getting a small much social.

Since you're already talking pinch your friends astir songs, audiobooks, and podcasts, nan euphony streaming app is adding a caller feature that lets you nonstop backstage messages to different users wrong nan Spotify app. The characteristic is disposable for free and premium users ages 16 years and older. If you don't person it already, you should sometime this week. 

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Messages are one-on-one conversations, Spotify said Monday, wherever you tin stock Spotify contented pinch someone, and they tin respond pinch matter and emoji. You tin already stock Spotify contented to societal apps for illustration Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok, but nan caller messages characteristic keeps you wrong nan Spotify app truthful you tin support listening.

How to connection personification connected Spotify

To nonstop a connection to someone, pat nan stock icon successful Now Playing position erstwhile listening to a song, podcast, aliases audiobook, take a friend, and deed send. 

Your suggested group to connection are based connected factors for illustration whether you've shared Spotify contented pinch them before, joined Jams aliases Blends together, aliases made a collaborative playlist pinch them. Members of your Family aliases Duo scheme will besides look arsenic suggestions since Spotify assumes you interact pinch them.

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If personification sends you a message, erstwhile you judge nan request, you tin respond pinch emoji, nonstop texts, and stock Spotify contented backmost and forth. You tin stock Spotify contented pinch and nonstop messages to group you've interacted pinch earlier done Spotify, but if you haven't interacted pinch a friend, they will person to judge nan connection petition earlier seeing what you've sent.

You do person nan expertise to study harmful aliases forbidden contented that goes against Spotify's position of use, and you tin besides artifact users from messaging you. Spotify said it will usage "proactive discovery technology" to scan messages for definite keywords, and quality moderators will reappraisal reported content.

To entree your speech history, pat your floor plan photograph successful nan apical near corner. 

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