I find songs I love on social media all the time, so this new Instagram feature is music to my ears

Date:
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:10:59 +0000

Description:
You can now save songs on Spotify from the Instagram app, and it might just
be great.

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Instagram and Spotify have jointly announced a new feature which will allow users to add songs from their Instagram feed to their Spotify library.

Now, users will be able to save the songs attached to stories or feed posts
to their Spotify library, first by tapping the song title for information and then tapping the Spotify-logo emblazoned Add button.

In a note to 9to5Mac , Spotify said: We know that music is all around you and sometimes that means right on your social media feed. Thats why beginning today, Spotify is excited to unveil a new integration with Instagram that makes it even easier to capture and instantly add songs to Spotify from Instagram with just one simple tap."

Instagram has allowed users to add music to stories and posts for years, with a robust library of music from major labels and independent artists alike
but this is the first time weve seen the platform collaborate with a major streaming service in this way.

To access the new feature, users need to link their Instagram and Spotify accounts. Songs will be added to the users Liked Songs playlist and user library.

TikTok, which also has a music library supported by a wide variety of distributors, launched a similar integration with streaming services in 2023, but notably also includes support for Apple Music and Amazon Music.

This isnt the first weve heard of a partnership between Instagram and
Spotify, though reports of a continuous sharing feature surfaced in August , wherein a users Instagram Notes indicator would be used as a now playing tab, but this feature hasnt made it to release.
Instagram integrates Spotify - our verdict

As a music lover and user of both Spotify and Instagram for the last ten years, I couldnt be happier with this new integration. This is the kind of useful feature that really does save people time, especially considering how much music promotion is now done on social media.

I cant tell you just how many times Ive had an artist pop up in adverts between stories or on my main feed, only to head over to Spotify and get the spelling of the acts name wrong in search only to find my Instagram feed had refreshed, consigning my hopes of getting some new tunes to the digital aether.

This feature is a win-win for listeners and artists, as it should ostensibly make it far easier for new fans to engage with promotional posts without interrupting their social media session.

So whether youre in the mood for a spell of mobile crate-digging, or just
want to find a few new tunes while you scroll through memes, I think this is
a feature people will really get some use out of.

The global rollout for Instagram and Spotify integration is ongoing, so be sure to keep both apps updated to the latest version and for the latest news on social media features and smartphone software, check out our phones coverage . You might also like Google Chrome on Android is about to get a massive upgrade for password managers thats been a long time coming Leaked dummy units of all three Samsung Galaxy S25 phones show off their sizes and dimensions Youre not alone many users are reporting iPhone 16 battery life issues on iOS 18



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