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Can you listen to Spotify with Friends? Well, yes, you can. However, you must be a Premium subscriber to launch a group session to listen to music with your friends. To do this, start listening to something on Spotify’s mobile app, then tap the Spotify Connect button. Choose Begin a remote group session. You will be able to share the link that comes up with up to seven people after tapping Invite Friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But let’s go into this in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you don’t want to watch a video streaming service virtually with your friends, Spotify has you covered. Group Sessions, a feature of the popular music streaming platform, allows up to five Spotify Premium users to join a virtual listening party. When you’re connected, you and your friends can listen to any song or podcast on Spotify simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In May 2020, Spotify launched the Group Sessions feature. At first, only Premium users in the same location could listen together, but Spotify later expanded it to allow global connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spotify Group Session is currently only available to Spotify Premium subscribers and only on Spotify’s mobile app for phones and tablets. On Spotify’s desktop apps, there is currently no option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spotify group sessions enable users to listen to the same music in real-time. Everyone involved has complete control over what happens and can leave whenever they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s a great feature, but there are some important limitations. For starters, it’s limited to eight people, which is usually more than enough but puts a damper on silent raves. More importantly, it’s only available to Spotify Premium subscribers\u2014and only from an Android or iOS device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To begin, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Press the Spotify Connect button again to end a Spotify group session. At the bottom, there’s a section labeled Remote group session, which includes icons for active listeners. Tap Confirm, then End Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re a Discord user and a Spotify Premium subscriber, you can use the Listen Along feature to host desktop listening parties. These are similar to group sessions, but the hosts have complete control, and people can communicate with each other via text chat (voice chat is not supported).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no limit to the number of people who can listen, but Spotify Free may not work properly for secondary (non-host) listeners. Discord claims that Free listeners will receive an error message, whereas Spotify claims that Premium listeners will simply hear silence while Free listeners will hear advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new way to listen to Spotify with friends is to use the Spotify Listening Party feature in conjunction with Discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discord is an intelligent voice, video, and text chat software. It’s a place where people can talk about anything on a daily basis, from homework to art. Users can integrate listen, game chat, and party all with Discord and listen with friends on Spotify by connecting Discord to Spotify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a Group Session is active, everyone can access the same playback controls. At any time, anyone can play, pause, skip, or add tracks to the queue. There is currently no way for a host to lock these controls, but since Group Session is still in beta, this is a feature that Spotify will most likely implement in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because Spotify doesn’t have built-in chat functionality, you’ll need to use a third-party app to chat with friends during a Group Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To end the Group Session, return to the Connect screen by clicking the Left-Facing Arrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
End the session by clicking the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your Spotify username cannot be changed, but your display name can. To change your display name, go to Home > Settings > View Profile > tap your display name. The display name appears in your profile, app, and playlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Discord account is linked to Spotify, and a Spotify premium account is required to use the Spotify Listening Party feature with Discord. You can host Spotify listening parties on desktop using the Listen Alone feature, which is similar to Group Session. However, unlike Remote Group Session, it is only available for the Spotify desktop app and requires a host to control everything and invite an unlimited number of people. Here are the detailed steps for listening to Spotify with Discord friends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n