{"id":24129,"date":"2021-05-02T05:31:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T05:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/facebook-introduces-a-new-miniplayer-that-streams-spotify-from-the-facebook-app.html"},"modified":"2021-05-02T05:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T05:31:40","slug":"facebook-introduces-a-new-miniplayer-that-streams-spotify-from-the-facebook-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-introduces-a-new-miniplayer-that-streams-spotify-from-the-facebook-app.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify from the Facebook app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook announced last week an expanded partnership<\/a> with streaming music service Spotify that would bring a new way to listen to music or podcasts directly within Facebook\u2019s app, which it called Project Boombox<\/a>. Today, the companies are rolling out this integration<\/a> via a new \u201cminiplayer\u201d experience that will allow Facebook users to stream from Spotify through the Facebook app on iOS or Android. The feature will be available to both free Spotify users and Premium subscribers.<\/p>\n

The miniplayer itself is an extension of the social sharing option already supported within Spotify\u2019s app. Now, when Spotify users are listening to content they want to share to Facebook, they\u2019ll be able to tap the existing \u201cShare\u201d menu (the three-dot menu at the upper right of the screen) and then tap either \u201cFacebook\u201d or \u201cFacebook News Feed.\u201d<\/p>\n

When a user posts an individual track or podcast episode to Facebook through this sharing feature, the post will now display in a new miniplayer that allows other people who come across their post to also play the content as they continue to scroll, or reshare it. (Cue MySpace vibes!)<\/p>\n

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Spotify\u2019s paid subscribers will be able to access full playback, the company says. Free users, meanwhile, will be able to hear the full shared track, not a clip. But afterwards, they\u2019ll continue to listen to ad-supported content on Shuffle mode, just as they would in Spotify\u2019s own app.<\/p>\n

One important thing to note here about how all this works is that the integration allows the music or podcast content to actually play from within the Spotify app. When a user presses play on the miniplayer, an app switch takes place so the user can log into Spotify. The miniplayer activates and controls the launch and playback in the Spotify app \u2014 which is how the playback is able continue even as the user scrolls on Facebook or if they minimize the Facebook app altogether.<\/p>\n

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This setup means users will need to have the Spotify mobile app installed on their phone and a Spotify account for the miniplayer to work. For first-time Spotify users, they\u2019ll have to sign up for a free account in order to listen to the music shared via the miniplayer.<\/p>\n

Spotify notes that it\u2019s not possible to sign up for a paid account through the mini-player experience itself, so there\u2019s no revenue share with Facebook on new subscriptions. (Users have to download the Spotify app and sign up for Paid accounts from there if they want to upgrade.)<\/p>\n

The partnership allows Spotify to leverage Facebook\u2019s reach to gain distribution and to drive both sign-ups and repeat usage of its app just as the COVID bump to subscriber growth may be wearing off<\/a>. However, it\u2019s still responsible for the royalties paid on streams, just as it was before, the company told TechCrunch, because its app is the one actually doing the streaming. It\u2019s also fully in charge of the music catalog and audio ads that play alongside the content.<\/p>\n

For Facebook, this deal means it now has a valuable tool to keep users spending time on its site \u2014 a metric that has been declining<\/a> over<\/a> the years<\/a>, reports have indicated.<\/p>\n

Spotify and Facebook have a long history of working together on music efforts. Facebook back in 2011 had been planning an update that would allow music subscription users to engage with music directly on Facebook, much like this. But those plans were later dialed back<\/a>, possibly over music rights\u2019 or technical issues. Spotify had also been one of the first media partners on Facebook\u2019s ticker,<\/a> which would show you in real time what friends were up to on Facebook and other services. And Spotify had once offered Facebook Login<\/a> as the default for its mobile app. Today, as it has for years, Spotify users on the desktop can see what their Facebook friends are streaming on its app, thanks to social networking integrations.<\/p>\n

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The timing for this renewed and extended partnership is interesting. Now, both Facebook and Spotify have a mutual enemy with Apple, whose privacy-focused changes<\/a> are impacting Facebook\u2019s ad business and whose investments in Apple Music and Podcasts<\/a> are a threat to Spotify. As Facebook\u2019s own music efforts in more recent years have shifted toward partnership efforts \u2014 like music video integrations<\/a> enabled by music label agreements<\/a> \u2014 it makes sense that it would turn to a partner like Spotify to power a new streaming feature that supports Facebook\u2019s broader efforts around monetizable tools and services<\/a> aimed at the creator economy.<\/p>\n

The miniplayer feature had been tested in non-U.S. markets, Mexico and Thailand, ahead of its broader global launch today.<\/p>\n

In addition to the U.S., the integration is fully rolling out to users in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.<\/p>\n

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