Spotify launches Group Sessions that lets multiple users create and control playlists in real-time

Spotify introduces Group Session feature that lets multiple users create and control playlists in real-time

  • The feature lets users pause, play, skip and add songs on a playlist
  • It is being positioned as a way to entertain people who are quarantined
  • Group Sessions can have up to 100 people at a time
  • The feature is in beta stage and is being tested and developed 

A new Spotify feature will enable users to collaborate on playlists in real-time. 

Group Sessions, as Spotify is calling them, will let two or more premium users in the same area create and also control playlists in real-time, meaning any participating user will be able to pause, play, or skip to the next song.

The feature is currently being rolled out to users across the globe. 

Spotify Group Sessions let multiple users control a collaborative playlist in real-time by adding, skipping, or pausing and playing songs (stock)

As noted by TechCrunch, Spotify says that the feature should be useful among people who are stuck in common spaces due to isolation measures or for families. 

To use the feature users can tap the ‘connect’ button that appears at the bottom-left corner of the app interface to get a scannable code. 

They can then share that code with their guests who can use it to join the session. The sessions can contain up to 100 users at one time.

The feature, which is only available to premium users, is launching in beta which means that it’s currently being tested and developed still.

Guests will be able to control the music, add songs, and all additions to the playlist will be shown to other participants. 

The feature will compliment a host of new additions to Spotify’s apps throughout the last year including greater functionality with Siri that allows iOS users to change songs, pause, and play on Spotify using Siri voice commands.

Spotify has also plowed ahead with other new features, including a test of one that displays real-time lyrics across the app as you listen to a song.

The feature, which was being tested on Android devices earlier this year was noticed by a user with beta 8.5.46.848 and is only currently available to some. 

A swipable bar appears underneath the app’s normal play/pause interface and can be slid upward to expand lyrics into full-screen.

Android Police reported that the lyrics aren’t currently available on all songs and are provided through the streaming giant’s prior partner, Musicxmatch.