Spotify's new DM feature lets you chat with friends in-app now - here's how

Spotify Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Spotify is adding a new in-app messaging feature. Conversations are one-to-one with people you know. The feature is available for users 16 and older. Spotify is getting a little more social. Since you're already talking with your friends about songs, audiobooks, and podcasts, the music streaming app is adding a new feature that lets you send private messages to other users within the Spotify app. The feature is available for free and premium users ages 16 years and older. If you don't have it already, you should sometime this week. Also: YouTube Music just copied one of Spotify's best features - what's new Messages are one-on-one conversations, Spotify said Monday, where you can share Spotify content with someone, and they can react with text and emoji. You can already share Spotify content to social apps like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok, but the new messages feature keeps you within the Spotify app so you can keep listening. How to message someone on Spotify To send a message to someone, tap the share icon in Now Playing view when listening to a song, podcast, or audiobook, choose a friend, and hit send. Your suggested people to message are based on factors like whether you've shared Spotify content with them before, joined Jams or Blends together, or made a collaborative playlist with them. Members of your Family or Duo plan will also appear as suggestions since Spotify assumes you interact with them. Also: Move over, Apple. Spotify's take on AutoMix is more customizable and personalized If someone sends you a message, once you accept the request, you can react with emoji, send texts, and share Spotify content back and forth. You can share Spotify content with and send messages to people you've interacted with before through Spotify, but if you haven't interacted with a friend, they will have to accept the message request before seeing what you've sent. You do have the ability to report harmful or illegal content that goes against Spotify's terms of use, and you can also block users from messaging you. Spotify said it will use "proactive detection technology" to scan messages for certain keywords, and human moderators will review reported content. To access your conversation history, tap your profile photo in the top left corner. Want to follow my work? Add ZDNET as a trusted source on Google.