The details on listening to music on Facebook, specifically with Spotify, were finally unveiled at the 2011 F8 conference last Thursday.
Facebook has done a lot of work with their “Open Graph” API which allows third party developers to create applications that interface with Facebook.
Instead of launching a self-hosted music service, Facebook has decided to partner with third-party companies that are already offering music and video services.
Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, Soundcloud, Earbits, Vevo, Slacker Radio and Songza are the big music providers that Facebook has decided to partner with to allow users to listen to music on Facebook.
Since the announcement on Thursday, I’ve enabled the new Facebook Timeline interface and I’ve connected my Facebook account to my Spotify account.
What Exactly is Spotify?
Before I explain how Spotify interfaces with Facebook, it is important to understand what exactly Spotify is.
Spotify is a “social” streaming music service. Once you download Spotify, you can search for artists, songs and even genres of music to listen to. The service doesn’t have everything in terms of music but it has almost everything and I expect their music library to grow now that they’ve entered the U.S. market.
The feature that makes Spotify “social” is the ability to add friends to Spotify, view their playlists and view their most listened to songs.
You can also “send” songs to friends for them to listen to. If you send a song to a friend, it will appear in their Spotify inbox and they can then stream the song.
Until recently, Spotify was its own service that did not interface with any other social media platform.
Overall Opinion of Using Spotify on Facebook
After using Spotify through Facebook for a couple days I’d have to say that I’m quite impressed. If you can get past some of the privacy concerns then you’ll definitely enjoy the ability to see what music your Facebook friends are listening to and, at the same time, share your favorite music with all of your friends.
One of the most amazing parts of this new partnership is the speed at which Facebook updates based on what you’re listening to in Spotify. Your Spotify activities are published to Facebook in real-time!
One must also realize that this service is brand new and will most definitely be tweaked and improved as bugs are noticed and user feedback is taken into account.
We’re entering a whole new age of social sharing, online presence and even digital lifestyles. The ability to socially listen to music on Facebook through Spotify is just the beginning of what is to come and, I for one, am very excited about it!
Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
Facebook has done a lot of work with their “Open Graph” API which allows third party developers to create applications that interface with Facebook.
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Instead of launching a self-hosted music service, Facebook has decided to partner with third-party companies that are already offering music and video services.
Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, Soundcloud, Earbits, Vevo, Slacker Radio and Songza are the big music providers that Facebook has decided to partner with to allow users to listen to music on Facebook.
Since the announcement on Thursday, I’ve enabled the new Facebook Timeline interface and I’ve connected my Facebook account to my Spotify account.
What Exactly is Spotify?
Before I explain how Spotify interfaces with Facebook, it is important to understand what exactly Spotify is.
Spotify is a “social” streaming music service. Once you download Spotify, you can search for artists, songs and even genres of music to listen to. The service doesn’t have everything in terms of music but it has almost everything and I expect their music library to grow now that they’ve entered the U.S. market.
The feature that makes Spotify “social” is the ability to add friends to Spotify, view their playlists and view their most listened to songs.
You can also “send” songs to friends for them to listen to. If you send a song to a friend, it will appear in their Spotify inbox and they can then stream the song.
Until recently, Spotify was its own service that did not interface with any other social media platform.
Overall Opinion of Using Spotify on Facebook
After using Spotify through Facebook for a couple days I’d have to say that I’m quite impressed. If you can get past some of the privacy concerns then you’ll definitely enjoy the ability to see what music your Facebook friends are listening to and, at the same time, share your favorite music with all of your friends.
One of the most amazing parts of this new partnership is the speed at which Facebook updates based on what you’re listening to in Spotify. Your Spotify activities are published to Facebook in real-time!
One must also realize that this service is brand new and will most definitely be tweaked and improved as bugs are noticed and user feedback is taken into account.
We’re entering a whole new age of social sharing, online presence and even digital lifestyles. The ability to socially listen to music on Facebook through Spotify is just the beginning of what is to come and, I for one, am very excited about it!
Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
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