Spotify is finally making music sharing on Instagram good with two new features rolling out today

Spotify is putting an end to one of the most awkward experiences on Instagram. Until now, whenever you shared a song from the music streaming platform to an Instagram story, you were only getting a quiet poster and no music at all. With Spotify’s latest feature update, that’s about to change.

The music streaming service announced two new integrations with Instagram. One adds audio previews to songs shared to Instagram Stories, and the other allows real-time music sharing in Instagram Notes.

As the name “audio preview” suggests, when you share a Spotify song, a short audio snippet will be automatically added to your story. That way, your friends will be able to hear what you’re sharing.

Spotify is finally making music sharing on Instagram good with two new features rolling out today

If you stumble upon a shared song that you like, you can tap the song’s title at the top of the story and choose “View Song Details”. That would take you to the song’s page on Instagram, from which you can save the track to your Liked Songs on Spotify.

The real-time music sharing feature allows you to automatically share what you’re listening to on Spotify directly to Instagram Notes. If you activate the feature while you’re playing music, the note will update right away. If you’re not playing anything, the note will update automatically if you play something within 30 minutes.

To use the real-time music sharing feature, you must follow the following steps:

On Instagram, tap Messages on the top right of your feed
Tap Note… above your profile picture on top of your messages
Tap the symbol when creating a note
If you haven’t linked your Spotify account, tap Link Spotify
In the audio browser, tap “Share from Spotify.”
If you want, you can add text to your note
Tap “Share” to post your note

Both features are available globally for Spotify and Instagram users on Android and iOS.

As someone who listens to a lot of music, I love sharing my favorite discoveries with my friends, including on Instagram. Spotify’s sharing options were already ahead of all other music streaming services, but this makes it all even better. The result is that I have one more reason to stick with Spotify instead of Apple Music, even if I’m looking for a way out.

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