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TL;DR Spotify appears to be working on a new music-guessing game for its Android app.
The company previously acquired Heardle, which offered a similar experience on the web.
It’s not yet clear if this game would be a mobile version of Heardle, or something all new.
Who among us doesn’t take a bit of pride in their musical taste? Maybe you’re the one in the friend group who’s always sharing their latest playlist, or is first in line to brag about their Spotify Wrapped achievements. Spotify may be about to give you one more way to prove your fandom, as we uncover evidence that could point to work on a new music-guessing game.
If you got a bit of déjà vu when we mentioned a Spotify music-guessing game, there’s probably good reason for that. Remember back when we were all playing Wordle, and its popularity spun off countless copycats across every kind of media you could think of? That included plenty of music-based games, and one of them caught the eye of Spotify: Heardle. The company ended up acquiring Heardle, but after keeping it running on the web for a year, Spotify ultimately shut Heardle down back in May 2023.
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While we never saw Heardle make its way to Spotify’s mobile app, we’re wondering if the company could be about to take another stab at this kind of music game. Looking through Spotify’s recent 9.1.22.645 update, we can see a few newly added text strings that pretty clearly reference a music-guessing game:
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