Everyone has their own musical taste and preferences. Usually, when you are playing music on your phone at a party, your friends and family members will ask you to play their favorite song next. It can be tedious to view requested songs and make changes to an existing playlist. Isn’t it fun to share a listening session with friends to discover and enjoy songs? That’s what Spotify is trying to achieve with the new Spotify Groups session in the app.
Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service, is on the rise with a huge boost in the podcast industry. That’s not to say Spotify isn’t focused on music. The company recently launched a Group session for Premium subscribers. Group sessions allow you to listen to songs with friends in real time. Users in a Teams session can choose what to play and control the music together.
This feature can also be useful when you are thousands of miles away from your friends and want the whole group to listen to the same music at the same time.
So how does it work? How do I set up and host Spotify Groups sessions with friends? How to end Group session? We have all the answers for you. Start.
availability
Group Sessions are currently only available to Premium subscribers. This feature is accessible from the Spotify mobile and tablet apps. There is no word on the availability of Team Sessions on the Spotify desktop or web app.
Host a Spotify group session with friends
To control music together, you need to create a Teams session and ask your friends to join the group to play and control the music. Follow the steps below to host a Spotify Groups session.
Step 1: Open the Spotify app on your device.
Step 2: Play any song. Open the music player screen and tap the multi-device icon in the bottom left corner.
Step 3: The following screen will give you a bunch of connection options like AirPlay or Bluetooth. You will see Team sessions with Start Session and Scan to Join options. Tap the Start Session button.
Step 4: The next screen will show the unique Spotify Group session code. You can ask your friends to scan the code using the Scan to Join option or tap the Invite Friends option to generate a Group session link.
Step 5: Send the link using Messages or any social chat app like WhatsApp or Telegram.
Step 6: When your friend (He/She should also use Spotify Premium) opens the link, it will take him to the app with an invitation to join a Team session.
Step 7: They can either join the session or use the not now option to ignore the message.
Step 8: When another user joins the Session, the Spotify app will provide two options for listening to music. Let’s understand the action of each option.
If you select ‘Join device with friends’, you won’t be able to hear your song. The playlist will continue to play on your friend’s device. However, you can see upcoming songs and add your favorite songs to the queue. You can always pause or skip the song.
This option is for parties and events where you don’t want the same music to keep playing on each user’s device in the group. Instead, it will only play on the admin’s device while providing control to all members of the Team session. In short, everyone becomes a DJ.
If you use the ‘On my own device’ option, the same track will play on your side. In this case, the music will play on all of the user’s devices. This is useful when you are away from friends but want to listen to the same music.
Group session control
A user can add up to five members to a Team session. All joined members can play, skip, forward, rewind and pause a song. You can also add your favorite songs to the group playlist.
Navigate to a song you like and tap the three-dot menu. Select Add to Queue from the following menu. And that will add the song to the group’s playlist.
From the song playback screen you can see how many members are listening to the current song and if you have joined the group as ‘Join your friend’ device you will see the device name. main device on which the song is currently playing. playing.
How much of my information is available to group members
Invited members will be able to see your current Spotify name, device name, and playlist. They can also see your Spotify profile with the following information, follower count, and public playlists. However, they won’t be able to see your private playlists.
Does it work with Podcasts
Yes, Group sessions work perfectly well with podcasts as well. The process of creating Group session is still the same as above.
How to end/leave a group session
At any time, you can leave or end the current Teams session. Go through the steps below.
Step 1: Open the Spotify app and go to the music playback screen.
Step 2: Tap the multi-device icon and select Leave session from the following menu. If you’re a group admin, you’ll see an option to End Session.
Play music together
The group session feature is like a breath of fresh air in the music streaming space. Spotify’s Group session functionality is quite handy, and the overall implementation is spot on. I can’t help but see Spotify leading the way in the music streaming app race. Go ahead and try a Group Session in Spotify with friends. I’m sure you and your friends will have an enjoyable experience discovering and enjoying new music.
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