Facebook and Spotify will team up with new music features that will allow people to listen to music while using the Facebook app. Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the collaboration during a Discord interview with Casey Newton, who writes Platformer newsletter.
The team will result in a new in-app audio player that allows Facebook users to play music from Spotify without leaving the app, according to TechCrunch. Internally, Facebook refers to this as the “Boombox Project.” CNBC reported. The news comes amid the sound of Facebook, which on Monday announced several new audio features, including the ability to browse and stream podcasts from the Facebook app.
flatten previously, the podcast integration would be powered by Spotify. A source close to the streaming company tells Engadget that the new audio player will support both music and podcasts and that there will be options available to paid subscribers as well as free users. The new player could launch earlier than Facebook’s other audio features, which are still a few months away.
“Our ambition has always been to make Spotify ubiquitous on platforms and devices – bringing music and podcasts to more people – and our new integration with Facebook is another step in those efforts,” a Spotify spokesman said in a statement. -a declaration.
The two companies have worked together in the past, especially with the integration of Spotify on Facebook and Instagram.
Additional reporting by Billy Steele.
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