Spotify and Discord Partner To Bring Music To Game Sessions

Popular music streaming giant Spotify has today taken the wraps off its latest partnership with gaming chat app Discord to redefine how users jam music during their game sessions.

Under this partnership, you lot can link your Spotify account to Discord and share the songs yous're currently listening or organize a listening party and listen to aforementioned musical tracks inside a Discord server.

This partnership has been long awaited and now that it'due south here, gamers can share every bit well as enjoy their favorite music tracks with their friends and customs. Stressing this very fact, Mikael Ericsson, the Product Director of Spotify's Platform & Partner Experience said:

"This is the next natural step to highlight the importance of music as an integral part of the gaming experience."

How To Connect Spotify To Discord

one. Log into your Discord account and navigate to Settings > Connections. And so, tap on the Spotify icon and permit Discord access your musical tastes.

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2. One time the two accounts are connected, your Spotify username volition exist shown in the Discord settings. You're then free to select if y'all want to display the song tracks you're playing as the condition and on your profile.

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iii. Equally y'all can run into above, the setup process is utterly simple. Now that you've connected the Spotify account to your Discord account, themember listing shows a 'Listening to Spotify" profile tag under the username of the gamer.

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The same tag is fifty-fifty added to your Discord contour as well, showing more details such as the vocal, album, and time. Others tin then tap the "Play on Spotify" button added to the contour to listen to the aforementioned vocal also. Here'due south a quick demo video of how it'll look:

This is not the beginning time Spotify has shown interest in making tunes available especially for the gaming customs. Information technology already has a 'Gaming Hub' defended to presenting gamers with original soundtracks from their favorite games and curated playlists to arrange their next game session. And then, what artist volition y'all exist listening to during your next CS:GO session? Do tell united states in the comments below.