I find songs I love on social media all the time, so this new Instagram feature is music to my ears

You can now save songs on Spotify from the Instagram app

· TechRadar

News By Jamie Richards published 18 October 2024

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Instagram and Spotify have jointly announced a new feature which will allow users to add songs from their Instagram feed to their Spotify library.

Now, users will be able to save the songs attached to stories or feed posts to their Spotify library, first by tapping the song title for information and then tapping the Spotify-logo emblazoned Add button.

In a note to 9to5Mac, Spotify said: “We know that music is all around you and sometimes that means right on your social media feed. That’s why beginning today, Spotify is excited to unveil a new integration with Instagram that makes it even easier to capture and instantly add songs to Spotify from Instagram with just one simple tap."

Instagram has allowed users to add music to stories and posts for years, with a robust library of music from major labels and independent artists alike – but this is the first time we’ve seen the platform collaborate with a major streaming service in this way.

To access the new feature, users need to link their Instagram and Spotify accounts. Songs will be added to the user’s “Liked Songs” playlist and user library.

TikTok, which also has a music library supported by a wide variety of distributors, launched a similar integration with streaming services in 2023, but notably also includes support for Apple Music and Amazon Music.

This isn’t the first we’ve heard of a partnership between Instagram and Spotify, though – reports of a continuous sharing feature surfaced in August, wherein a user’s Instagram Notes indicator would be used as a ‘now playing’ tab, but this feature hasn’t made it to release.

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