Little by little Facebook Messenger, which would be the original messaging application of Facebook , continues to become a complete platform to accommodate many other applicationsAnd the fact is that the company of the social network decided to transform this tool to be much more than a communication channel for messages , allowing developers of other applications to introduce their own functions in their chatsNow one of the most recognized names is added: Spotify
In this way, the integration between these two mobile applications is taken one step further, allowing users of the messaging tool to share from individual songs to complete playlists or playlists. All through the chats that are commonly used to talk with friends and family. Of course, the first experience offered by this integration has raised some criticisms, since it is not particularly useful or practical for playing music.
The only thing you have to do to share songs or playlists from Spotify on Facebook Messenger is to access a chat on it anddrop down sharing menuHere you have to look for another somewhat more hidden menu with three ellipses When pressed, a list of functions and applications is displayed available for use within Messenger, already including Spotify
With this, the user jumps to the music service over the Internet, being able to search for music that he wants to share or make known . It doesn't matter if it's a solo track, a entire album, or apreviously created playlist The selected content is sent via Facebook Messenger as if it were one more multimedia content. Although the real problem is that it is not that type of content.
In the chat or conversation, a large box will appear with the content.This card allows you to view the album or single cover, while the side arrow buttonoffers to share it again through another chat. It is the Open (Open) button, however, that must be pressed to start playing the song or shared list an effective form. Of course, it will not be Facebook Messenger who plays the music, but the Spotify app, that will open automatically when the user clicks on the button.
In this way, it is possible to share music or, rather, a link that leads to certain music through Facebook Messenger An unfriendly and not very simple process for those who don't have time to lose. Now, Spotify has already confirmed that there will be changes, since it only deals with the first stage of integration between these two services.Therefore, we will have to wait and see if, in the coming months, the system stops hiding the Spotify application within a menu in Messenger, and if you can play music directly in the chats. Until now, we will have to be satisfied with seeing the cover art and the artist who interprets the song or list before jumping to the Spotify application It is necessary to have the two applications installed on the terminal to take advantage of this function.
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