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

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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.

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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.

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