Spotify has a group messaging feature now

Spotify added group chats to its first release last year. In the original blog post introducing Messages, the company announced that users can start chats with up to 10 of their friends to share the podcasts, playlists, and songs they’re listening to.

The feature, launched last August, allows users to stay on the app instead of navigating to another platform to share content with friends. Since its introduction, Spotify has added features little by little. Earlier this month, the company added the ability to share what you listen to. Users can also invite chat participants to join a Jam, the app’s collaborative listening tool.

Spotify isn’t the only content platform trying to create in-app messaging. Late last year, YouTube announced that this would be the case, having initially added the feature in 2017 before removing it in 2019.