#ICYMI: Spotify introduces "Jam" allowing real-time listening with friends

Spotify unveils a new feature Jam that allows its users to have live sessions with others.

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Real-time jamming with friends

Spotify recently unveiled a new feature called Jam which can be accessed globally.

It described Jam as "a personalized, real-time listening session for your group to tune into together."

Jam builds on some of our popular social features and combines them with our personalization technology to take real-time listening with pals to the next level, Spotify added

Premium subscribers will be able to invite others to contribute to the Jam through a shared queue.

Premium listeners can start a Jam and anyone on Spotify can join. They can simply invite anyone and Jam will help find the perfect songs to add to the queue, finding the overlaps in your listening preferences.

Once you start a Jam, you can invite a group of friends or family—Free or Premium users, or a mix—so they can share the experience. Premium listeners can join from wherever they are, Spotify said.

Here's how to use Spotify's Jam:

1. Tap the icon on the lower left of the screen from the device you are playing on,

2. Tap Start a Jam then Invite.

3. Share the QR code, or tap the Share link and send it to your friends. You can also tap your phones together to get them to join the Jam if you’re logged in to Spotify and your Bluetooth is turned on.

Anyone in a Jam can control what's playing:

1. Tap on the invitation link, or scan the QR code, or tap your phones together if you’re logged in on Spotify and your Bluetooth is turned on.

2. Tap Join.

3. Add tracks, or get started with Spotify recommendations that let you know if others in the Jam like those songs.

To leave:

1. Tap the current device you're listening on.

2. Select a different device to play on in the available devices list. Or, tap Leave Jam.

Note: If a host leaves, it'll end the Jam for everyone.

Learn more about Jam here.

Have you tried this new feature already?

Source: Spotify