Spotify on Thursday introduced that it’s bringing its “Jam” real-time listening occasion characteristic to its desktop customers. The characteristic was launched final yr on Spotify’s iOS and Android app and lets customers create real-time listening classes that different folks can be part of from wherever they’re.
Spotify Jam now accessible for desktop customers on macOS and Home windows
“Now you can begin or be part of a listening occasion with your folks, household, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app along with the cell app,” Spotify mentioned in a weblog submit.
Jam, a customized, real-time listening session for any group to tune in collectively. Jam builds on a few of our widespread social options, and combines them with our personalization expertise to make listening with buddies higher than ever. With Jam, Premium subscribers will be capable of invite others to contribute by a shared queue, and revel in a musical expertise made solely for everybody listening.
With Jam, desktop customers can share their listening expertise in actual time with others, both remotely or in individual. In response to Spotify, utilizing Jam is best for socializing than merely sharing hyperlinks to songs or playlists with different folks. And for individuals who need to strive Jam on the desktop model of Spotify, right here’s how one can do it:
- Open the Spotify app in your Mac or PC
- Proper-click on a track or playlist
- Select Begin a Jam
When you begin a Jam, you’ll be able to invite different folks to affix through a hyperlink or QR Code. In fact, when you’re on the desktop, you’ll be able to be part of a Jam utilizing the hyperlink shared by another person. Everybody will expertise a synced listening session in actual time and any participant can add a track or album to the queue.
As a part of the replace, Spotify can be revamping the queue expertise on its desktop app by shifting it to the best sidebar. “The Queue now being in the best sidebar permits you to browse content material in the primary space of the app whereas maintaining a tally of what’s taking part in subsequent or the present Jam that you’re collaborating.”
It’s value noting that though Jam is obtainable to each Free and Premium Spotify customers, solely Premium subscribers can be part of a Jam remotely, whereas Free customers are restricted to becoming a member of a Jam session in individual. Ensure you have the newest model of the Spotify app put in in your laptop to get entry to the brand new Jam characteristic.
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