How To Sneak A Peek At What Your Friends Are Listening To On Spotify

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One of the most enjoyable things to do on Spotify is discover and listen to new music, and one of the best sources for tunes that users will like is their friends. While it is certainly one of the most-used music-listening services to date, not a lot of people know that Spotify is also somewhat of a social media platform where people can interact with one another. Users can actually link their Spotify with their Facebook account and add contacts who also happen to use the audio streaming service. Once friends are connected on the music platform, there are many Spotify features they can enjoy to heighten their shared sound-tripping experience.

Apart from being able to create collaborative playlists and compare musical tastes, Spotify users can also find out what songs, albums, or playlists their friends are currently enjoying, while they're actually listening to them. In order to take full advantage of the feature, users need to ensure that Spotify and Facebook are connected. Certain options in the Spotify settings also need to be enabled for their account and their friends' accounts as well.

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Before getting started, users need to connect their Spotify and Facebook accounts using Spotify Desktop. Once the app is launched, click on the dropdown arrow on the top-right corner of the screen next to the user profile photo and select 'Settings.' Under 'Social,' click 'Connect with Facebook.' All that's left to do is enter the Facebook log-in credentials and hit 'Log In.'

Once Spotify is connected to Facebook, and while still in 'Settings,' scroll down to 'Display Options' and enable 'See what your friends are playing.' This should pull up the Friend Activity sidebar on the right. Under