Overview
- Premium subscribers in both countries are beginning to see the feature now, with full access promised by the end of December and an initially limited catalog.
- Listeners can tap “Switch to video” on supported tracks across TV, desktop, iOS, and Android, with playback picking up from the current timestamp and full-screen viewing in mobile landscape.
- Launch videos include artists such as Ariana Grande, Olivia Dean, BABYMONSTER, Addison Rae, Tyler Childers, Natanael Cano, and Carín León, alongside video playlists and a Related Music Videos section for discovery.
- Spotify says U.S. licensing now includes an NMPA opt-in portal and expanded label deals, and video streams of at least 30 seconds will be reported for royalties.
- The beta also expands to markets including Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Uganda, and Venezuela, with the push framed as a competitive response to YouTube.