Overview

• The messaging feature is launching this week in selected markets for both free and Premium accounts on mobile for users ages 16 and up.
• Chats are individual and support sharing songs, playlists and podcast episodes, with text and emoji reactions saved in a Messages inbox on the profile page.
• Spotify says conversations are encrypted and include safety controls such as accepting or rejecting requests, blocking users, reporting content and disabling the feature.
• Contacts available for DMs include people you have interacted with on Spotify or those on the same plan, and it remains unclear whether artist accounts can use the tool.
• Spotify previously removed in-app messaging in 2017 for low engagement and is relaunching it as part of a broader growth push, with price increases on all plans taking effect in September.