Tech Desk 
Jan 08, 2026
Spotify has officially announced the launch of some more social features, allowing uers from leaving the app to share music with their friends.
The company, in a blog post, introduced a new Messages feature that will allow users to see what their friends are streaming in real time and send requests to start Jams, the app’s collaborative listening feature.
How does Messages feature will work on Spotify?
Spotify said that users would first have to navigate to their 'Settings' and turn on the 'listening activity' feature in the 'Privacy & Social' section. Once that’s done, your listening activity will be displayed at the top of Messages chats. You can choose a friend’s listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji.
As for starting a Jam, Premium users can tap the 'Jam' option in the top-right corner to send a request to their friends. If the other user accepts it, they will become the Jam host, and both users would be able to add tracks to a shared queue and listen to music together.
'Listening Activity' and 'Request to Jam' will launch to the iOS and Android apps in markets where Messages is available, and will be broadly available in these markets by early February.
Listening Activity is available to all users with access to Messages, while Free users can join a Request to Jam session when invited by a Premium user.
It is important to remember that 'Messages' on Spotify can only be sent to individual users currently, and you can only chat with people you’ve previously shared content with, such as collaborators on a playlist or participants in a Jam or Blend.
