But that option never became available to all Spotify users. In the past, Spotify tested a Stories feature that allowed influencers to post Stories to introduce their own, curated playlists. The company has before looked to popular social media formats to engage its users. But if it did, it wouldn’t be a surprising move on Spotify’s part. In other words, the test is still very early and may not make its way to the public. We don’t have any further news to share at this time,” they added. “Some of those tests end up paving the way for our broader user experience and others serve only as an important learning. “At Spotify, we routinely conduct a number of tests in an effort to improve our user experience,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch. The company declined to share any details about the feature but did confirm, via a statement, it was exploring the idea of a vertical video feed. TechCrunch asked Spotify for further information on the feature, including whether it had plans to roll this out further, whether it was available on both iOS and Android, which markets had access to the feature and more. But Spotify would not confirm this to us directly. In addition to tapping the heart to like songs, you also can tap the three-dot menu to bring up the standard song information sheet, he notes.įrom the video Messina shared and others we viewed, we can confirm that the videos playing in the vertical feed are the artists’ existing Canvas videos. You can then swipe up and down to move through the feed, much like you would on TikTok. Messina told us he found the feature in Spotify’s TestFlight build (a beta version for iOS), where a new icon in the navigation toolbar brings you immediately to the video feed when tapped.
He described it as a “pared-down version” of a TikTok-style feed of music videos. The new addition was first spotted by Chris Messina, who tweeted out a video of the Discover feature in action. For those who have access to the feature, it appears as a fourth tab in the navigation bar at the bottom of the Spotify app, in between Home and Search. The company has confirmed it’s currently testing a new feature in its app, Discover, which presents a vertical feed of music videos that users can scroll through and optionally like or skip. Now it looks like you can add Spotify to that list. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended.TikTok has seen its short-form video feed copied by a host of competitors, from Instagram to Snap to YouTube and even Netflix. This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason.
Variety will have more on this situation as it develops. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. She tweeted: “This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. The album, released on Friday, is well on its way to being the blockbuster release of the year Variety called it her “best and riskiest album to date.” Late Saturday, the singer thanked the streaming service for altering the page so that listeners would have to intentionally listen to the songs of her new album, “30,” in random order.