• Spotify Listen With Friends
• Spotify Friends List

Just play a Spotify music and there is a '+' button in your text box, please click it to invite your friends. And then, you will receive a message Preview of your invite, you can just confirm it or add some. If you click 'Start Listening' (and assuming you have Spotify downloaded), Spotify will open and you'll start listening to the music in REAL TIME with the person. At the same time, a chat will open so that you can talk to the person you're listening with.

Spotify recently updated its integration with Facebook, allowing a more social listening experience.

Spotify Listen With Friends

Now, we all know that I'm a huge fan of social music...but I almost fell out of my chair when I realized that Spotify/Facebook had updated their user-interface in a REALLY cool (and useful) way!

Here's how to listen to music with your friends, family, co-workers and loved ones over the internet using Spotify. So it's technically not free, but the rest of your cohort just needs to join.

Want to know how it works?

Simply go to Facebook and check out your chat bar (the giant vertical bar on the right side of your screen). Now...see if anyone is listening to anything (you'll know because there's a handy little music icon to the left of the 'available to chat' green circle.

(Ben is the one listening to music....obviously)

Next, hover over the person in the chat bar, and you'll see a nifty little pop-up showing you exactly what they're listening to!

(The Shins...nice.)

If you click 'Start Listening' (and assuming you have Spotify downloaded), Spotify will open and you'll start listening to the music in REAL TIME with the person. At the same time, a chat will open so that you can talk to the person you're listening with.

There's no limit to the number of people who can listen together, making this a great way to share music with your friends, or to DJ for each other at work.

Keep in mind...your friend WILL be notified when you start listening with them (a huge disappointment for all the Facebook creeps out there), so be warned.

Happy Listening!

Spotify Friends List

- Michael Haas, Director of Social Media at Epic Web Studios