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How to Use Spotify with Friends in 2024: A Comprehensive Guide

Spotify Jam is just one of the many perks available to Spotify Premium subscribers. This function essentially gives you synchronized playback controls so you can listen to Spotify with your buddies. There are a plethora of occasions—from lengthy travels to informal get-togethers and parties—where this can be useful. So, what is your method? Let's discover how to use Spotify to share music with one other.

What Is

Spotify Jam Session?

You may invite any other Spotify premium user to join a group session you organize using the Spotify Jam function. You have shared synchronized controls for audio playback with your buddies, so you may stop, play, rewind, or switch up the music at any time. Additionally, anybody may contribute music to the jam and expose one another to other genres. When you invite a non-paid user to a Spotify Jam, the service will encourage them to upgrade to a premium account.

How to Launch Spotify Jam for Friends to Listen to Music

As I said before, you must first download Spotify Premium. If you are eligible, you may also get a Spotify student discount. Nevertheless, when that is finished, open the Spotify app and adhere to the instructions below. It should be noted that the online player and app versions may be used with these procedures. Now that we have that out of the way, here is a summary:

  • Play any track or podcast on Spotify and tap on the connect devices icon at the bottom left corner.
  • On the next page, you’ll see the option to Start a Jam. Tap on it, and then on the Spotify Jam banner page, hit Got it. Free users will not even see this option though.
  • Then, you can choose to share the link with your friends or Expand code (QR) to scan and connect to the Spotify Jam session.
  • On your friend’s side, they will get the option to either Join the Jam from their device remotely or use your speaker if they’re there with you. You’ll see these same options when getting into a Spotify Jam session.
  • Once you have created a jam and people have joined in, you will see a new panel hover over every track you play. Tapping on it will open up a small window where you can also Add songs to the Jam. Here, you can also choose to End the Spotify Jam session.
  • You can tap on the participants icon to go to the Spotify Jam Session details page.

You have the option to invite individuals, remove each person individually, or remove individuals only.

Following your participation, you may all invite other individuals to join the Spotify Jam. 32 Spotify subscribers in total are eligible to join the Jam. Additionally, songs may be played in the jam by any other users. In case you've tried all the procedures and still Spotify Jam isn't functioning for you as planned, go to the tutorial that is provided for the solution.

But what about you? What do you think of the feature? Did you follow these instructions to get it to work? Please tell me in the comments section below!

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