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Spotify is an alternative music-streaming option for music lovers. Now Twitter enables its users to stream music from Spotify through it's platform. (Shutterstock/kenary820)
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haring your favorite music on social media is now even easier. Since last Thursday, users have been able to share and listen to their favorite music on Spotify, via Twitter.
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Listen without leaving. Preview any Spotify track right here on Twitter. https://t.co/K8YM7ur4DG
— Spotify (@Spotify) May 26, 2016
As is possible with other music-streaming platforms, Spotify users have been utilizing the "share to Twitter" option to share music. Now, people can click on the play button to preview a shared track without having to quit Twitter. On Twitter, people will get a 30-second preview of the shared tracks without leaving the social networking platform, but to listen to the full track, people will still need to log in to Spotify, kompas.com reports.
(Read also: Coming soon to Twitter: More room to tweet)
Audio previews are not a new thing to Twitter. In 2014, Twitter enabled its users to play music from Soundcloud under its Audio Cards feature.
With this recent update, Twitter hopes to enhance users’ music experience even further, following the growth of Spotify users. (asw)
