Spotify to Launch Facebook App and Music Sharing Service

May 18, 2009 - 4:05 am | 21 views

Technology.am (May 18, 2009) — Spotify, the music streaming service, is going to launch apps for Facebook users to share their favourite songs online.

spotify Facebook users will be able to link their accounts to share their playlists with friends. The Facebook app will allow Spotify users a simple way to link through to playlists they have compiled.

Spotify’s Swedish founder, Daniel Ek revealed that the Spotify’s largest audience demographic was between 25-35, and he wanted to increase the amount of teenagers using the service.

Technology is also being developed to allow users to create and share music through their own “radio stations”.

However both the Facebook app and “radio station” sharing tool, would be part of the premium package, where users pay £9.99, to stream music but without ads.

Spotify users can stream music for free in exchange for listening to around a minute of advertising every half hour but for £9.99 a month, the ads will be turned off.

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