Spotify will make sharing music a bit more mysterious

If you come across a song on Spotify that just makes your day, you’re more than likely going to share it with someone. Sharing on the platform is straightforward as it is, but the company wants to make this feature a bit more mysterious. Spotify is testing a feature that will make sharing music a surprise.

Spotify is testing a surprise music feature

When you share a song on Spotify, the recipient knows just what they’re getting themselves into. They’ll see the song you sent along with the album art and other information. It’s a pretty basic function, but the company is looking to spice things up a little.

As spotted by @SaadhJawwadh on Twitter, Spotify is working on a new feature that will let you share music as a surprise. With the feature, you’ll see a new option when you summon the share sheet.

You’ll see a screen with the text “Share it as an audio surprise”. Under that, you’ll see a present icon. When the recipient gets the song, they won’t see the album or any information. They’ll need to tap on it to see what the song is.

This doesn’t only apply when you’re sharing music with other people. You’ll see the present icon when you share music among other apps. In the screenshots, we see that it also applies when you’re sharing this as an Instagram Story. In the Story, users will tap on the Play on Spotify button to play the song.

This is a nice way for people to have a little more fun when sharing music. Users can also make a game out of it if they typically share music with other people. At the moment, we don’t know when Spotify plans on releasing this new feature to the public. Since @SaadhJawwadh was able to get it working, then it might not be that far away from a release.