You have long been an avid listener of music on Spotify, the popular streaming service accessible from both computers and mobile devices. By now you know by heart every single text and note of your favorite songs and it satisfies you a lot, but for a while now the desire to want to find out if there are other artists and songs that you don’t know yet and that, maybe , may be to your liking.
To further expand your musical knowledge and not rely only on the Spotify algorithm, you have therefore thought of taking a cue from the preferences of your circle of acquaintances. However, trying to change the app settings, you just couldn’t figure it out how to see what friends are listening to on Spotify and now you would like to know if the thing is somehow possible. If this is the case, I immediately reassure you: the answer to this question of yours is affirmative.
On Spotify you can check your friends’ activities through a simple and intuitive function included “as standard” in the application. If you let me, I’d like to explain how to enable it and how to use it. I assure you that it will only take a moment: just follow the instructions that I will give you below. At this point, if you agree, I would say not to dwell any longer and immediately take action. I wish you a good reading and, above all, a good listening!
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Preliminary information
The function that allows you to see in real time what your acquaintances are listening to is called Friend feeds. Thanks to the latter, you have the possibility to check in a simple and immediate way what the users you have registered as friends on Facebook are listening to. All you need to do is associate your account on the popular social network with that of Spotify.
As regards, however, Instagram, Twitter and other social platforms, unfortunately at the moment there is no possibility of connecting them directly to your Spotify account, therefore it is not possible to follow the activities of your friends.
Having made this necessary clarification, in the next chapters I will provide you with the information necessary to connect your Facebook profile to Spotify and, subsequently, find out what your friends are listening to on the famous streaming platform: an option available only in the Spotify application for computers and only if you keeps the program window at least 1,190 pixels wide (otherwise the Friends Feed with friends’ plays is not displayed). Unfortunately, the Feed Friends function is not even available in the Web version of Spotify accessible directly from the browser.
How to see what friends are listening to on Spotify: PC
Having clarified what there was to clarify, let’s find out how to see what friends are listening to on Spotify from PCusing the official Spotify client for Windows and macOS (if you haven’t installed it yet, find out how to do it by reading the tutorial I just linked to you).
Then open the application by searching for it in the Windows Start menu (the one accessible by pressing the button with the flag located in the lower left corner of the screen) or in the macOS Launchpad (the icon of the nine colored boxes that you find on the Docksdown).
Once you have found and opened the Spotify application, press the button Find friends, on the right side of the window; then click on the button Connect to Facebook. At this point, enter the address in the appropriate fields e-mail and the password associated with your Facebook account (see here in case you can no longer access your profile) and click on the button Log in. Clearly, this procedure is not necessary if you have already registered and then logged into Spotify with Facebook.
Once logged in, you will be shown the list of your Facebook friends who use the Spotify application. To check their activities on the platform, just click on the button follow next to each one’s name and that’s it.
From now on, the music your friends listen to will be displayed on the right side of the application window, under the heading Friends activity. Under each person’s name, the song listened to in real time or the last song listened to will be shown.
The first name below the song name is that of theauthorthe third that ofalbum and the fourth that of playlists. By clicking on each of them you will be redirected, from time to time, to the related Spotify pages.
If you notice a title that intrigues you, just click on theprofile picture of the friend who is listening to the song in question, to start playing it in Spotify. Convenient, right?
If, after connecting your Spotify and Facebook accounts as I indicated above, you should not be able to view the Friends Feed in the appropriate tab, try closing and reopening the application by carrying out the procedure for connecting profiles again as explained below ‘rather.
If, on the other hand, you want to deactivate the Friends Feed function, click on the icon arrow pointing down (top right next to the first name of your profile) and select the item Settings from the context menu. Scroll, therefore, the list on the page that opens and, under the item View optionspress onswitch placed next to the item Friend feedsto disable it.
How to see what friends are listening to on Spotify: Phone
As I mentioned to you earlier, the Friend feeds with which you can view the songs listened to by your acquaintances in real time, it is only available in the PC and Mac version of Spotify. Even if your account is connected to a Facebook profile, therefore, the option card will not be displayed on smartphones and tablets.
That being the case, the only solution you can take to see what friends are listening to on Spotify on their phone or Tablet is to search for your friends individually and check theirs recent activity. To do this, open the Spotify app on your device, tap on the item Near (the icon of magnifying glassbelow) and type nel compilation field appropriate the first name of the friend whose recent activity you want to check.
Scroll, therefore, the list of results and, if you do not find the profile you are looking for, press on the item View all profiles placed below. Finally, tap on profile name of your interest and, in the tab that will open, you will be able to view the last artists listened to and the public playlists of the person in question. Try it now to see if there’s anything that might interest you!