Spotify begins rolling out a new feature called Group Session, which lets multiple Premium users control a listening session
now available in 12 countries (Update: New features) Spotify : Group session — Listen together with a group session … Ed Bott / ZDNet : The best streaming music services: Spotify, Apple, Amazon and a dozen worthy alternatives Matthew Wille / Input : Spotify's new Group Session feature doesn't work for social distancing Julio Cachila / International Business Times : Spotify New Group Session Feature: Everything To Know The Edge Newsletter : Harnessing photosynthesis — Hello, and welcome to The Edge … Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : How to build a live shared Spotify playlist for you and your mates Daria Rud / coinspeaker.com : SPOT Stock Rises 2% as Spotify Launches Shared-Queue Feature Called Group Session Kelly Earley / Silicon Republic : Spotify launches real-time group sessions for friends and family Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Spotify Group Sessions give multiple people control over what you're playing Tim / Droid Life : Spotify Gets Sweet Feature First Introduced on Nexus Q Juli Clover / MacRumors : Spotify Gains New ‘Group Session’ Feature With Shared Listening Queue Ben Patterson / TechHive : Spotify's Group Session feature lets your friends control your music queue Paul Hill / Neowin : Spotify launches Group Session for paying customers Michael Allison / iMore : Spotify launches Group Sessions for socially-distanced group streaming Alexandra Garrett / CNET : Spotify launches a new party mode called Group Session Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : Spotify's Group Sessions Let Anyone Control Your Playlist, So Get Ready for Trolling Tweets: Jeremy Goldman / @jeremarketer : I can't tell if this new Spotify feature is amazing or something that's going to cause a bunch of fights. But let's find out https://www.theverge.com/... Brian Fung / @b_fung : Spotify is rolling out group listening. What might be some creative use cases for this feature? Common soundtracks for your Zoom happy hours, obviously, but what else? Podcast discussions where anyone in the group can pause/play to make a point? https://www.theverge.com/... Drake / @drakerehfeld : ~~every college hackathon idea since 2015~~ https://techcrunch.com/... Brendan / @irvinebroque : Two things happen every year in music: 1. NY Times writes a “vinyl records r back!” story 2. Someone takes a stab at rebuilding http://turntable.fm/ Hope it works this time! https://twitter.com/... Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : Hey Spotify, thank you for listening! 🥰 Tweeted 11 months and 12 days before launch https://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajoy : spotify trying to get a little of that instagram battle traffic. https://www.theverge.com/... Paul Gelb / @paulgelb : If the @Trolls World Tour Movie taught us anything, it is that the world needs this @Spotify feature. https://twitter.com/... Leigh Drogen / @ldrogen : http://turntable.fm/ will live infinite lives because it was a good idea at the core https://twitter.com/... Mark C. Webster / @markcwebster : With most social interaction having to be digital for awhile, collaborative content consumption (and creation) is going to continue to be a massive trend. https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Good news for the surprising number of “I wish http://turntable.fm/ would come back” people in my feed https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer