Last year, Spotify introduced the ability for users to leave comments on podcast episodes, perhaps as a first step to becoming something more like a social media platform . Now, the company is continuing in that direction: Today (August 26), they announced Messages, which allows users to DM each other directly on the Spotify platform.

In a post , Spotify notes the feature will “start rolling out to Free and Premium users aged 16 years and older in select markets on mobile devices” this week.

How To Use Spotify’s Messages Feature

Per Spotify, users will be able to share Spotify and share a message with users they’ve previously interacted with on Spotify, like if they follow each other or have a collaborative playlist.

While listening to a song, podcast, or audiobook in the Now P

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