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TL;DR Spotify is working on making usernames editable.
The music streaming platform technically already has usernames, but they are not at all user-friendly, and haven’t been for years.
Currently, Spotify accounts receive automatically generated alphanumeric usernames, but users might soon be able to customize these.
Spotify has been steadily transforming from a pure music-streaming service into a social media platform. Last year, the company introduced in-app Messages, and just yesterday, it quietly expanded that feature with group messaging support. Now, we’ve discovered evidence in the latest Spotify app that suggests the company may be preparing another long-requested upgrade: editable usernames.
Even as Spotify adds more social features like Jams, Blends, collaborative playlists, and now messaging, finding people on the platform is still awkward.
Unlike traditional social media networks, Spotify doesn’t let you search for someone by a unique username. Searching by display name also isn’t very helpful when thousands of users can share the same name. Messaging someone new isn’t straightforward either.
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As The Verge points out, Spotify currently limits messaging to people you’ve already interacted with through its other social features. You can’t just look up a user globally and start chatting with them, unless you use invite links. But we’ve found evidence that Spotify could soon do away with this limitation.
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