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Spotify’s new mini player lets you stream within Facebook app for Android and iOS
Spotify has announced a partnership with Facebook to allow users to play audio from Spotify directly within Facebook through a new mini player without switching between apps.
The integration is rolling out in 27 markets – 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, Uruguay, and the U.S. The company will be rolling out the integration to other markets in the upcoming months.
If you are in any one of the countries listed above, you will be seeing a Play button pop up on your display when a Spotify link appears in your Facebook feed. You can tap the “Play” button on the song to listen.
Facebook and Spotify delve further into audio, unveil Project Boombox
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to launch more audio products.
Due mid-year are Live Audio Rooms, where users can engage in real-time conversations with others, and Soundbites, who ch are short-form audio clips – such as jokes, anecdotes and poems, with tools on how to create them.
But expected to come out first is a feature with Spotify, with the working title Project Boombox.
The two have previously shared Spotify content on Facebook and Instagram Stories. But Project Boombox takes a deeper dive where the Facebook app will have a built-in Spotify player.