

The feature will be arriving in a future software update, possibly as early as iOS 15.1 later this fall. SharePlay, one of the tentpole new features in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey, has been delayed until Apple works out the kinks. SharePlay would let two Spotify subscribers listen to the same song together over the SharePlay framework, which uses FaceTime. Now, it’s unclear if Spotify will ultimately release the feature, but I’d be hard pressed to believe it wouldn’t. With SharePlay, Spotify fans will be able to organize listening parties via FaceTime as long as they’re subscribers. SharePlay requires all parties to have access to shared content.

But that’s not stopping the Sweden-based music service from gearing up for Apple’s latest features. Spotify has complained numerous times about Apple’s policies, issues with its Apple Watch app and app rejections. Moser shared his findings with reliable technology reporter Mark Gurman who in turn publicized them in his Power On newsletter on Bloomberg. Specifically, Moser has managed to spot a Spotify icon labeled “SharePlay”, which could easily indicate the early work on the feature. Spotify and SharePlay will soon work togetherĮvidence in form of early code strings and other findings that developer Steve Moser has managed to discover inside of Spotify’s iPhone app al suggest SharePlay support is coming. Apple will launch the delayed SharePlay feature via a software update.Other major app developers are working on adding SharePlay support.Spotify’s iPhone app to bring support for Apple’s upcoming SharePlay feature.The leading music service Spotify has officially kicked off work on support for Apple’s upcoming SharePlay feature in its mobile app for iPhone and iPad.
