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Instagram Brings Playable Spotify Previews to Stories

It builds on a recent Notes integration to make music discovery seamless

Instagram will now let users share Spotify songs in Stories, with playable audio previews directly within the app.
Instagram recently also introduced the ability to share Spotify songs as Notes

Overview

  • Instagram users can now listen to previews of Spotify tracks when viewing shared songs in Stories.
  • Previously, Stories shares showed only a link and album artwork without any audio.
  • This addition follows June’s launch of real-time Spotify streaming in Instagram Notes.
  • New Stories and Reels fonts, including a limited-time typeface inspired by Rosalía’s handwriting, will arrive soon.
  • The enhancements are designed to bolster music discovery on the app and sharpen competition with TikTok’s music trends.