Spotify Adds Timestamped Podcast Sharing And Other Social Features

Spotify this morning announced new sharing features that broaden the way Spotify content, including both music and podcasts, can be shared across social media.

Spotify will now allow users to share a timestamped link to a podcast, which allows users to tune into a particular moment of the podcast episode. Previously, if you wanted to share a podcast episode, you could only post the link to the entire episode. But many times, people want to comment on or discuss a particular part of an episode. Now, they’ll be able to do so by using the “switch to share” feature at the current playtime, after tapping the “share” button while listening to the show.

With Spotify’s Canvas users are able to preview their social share across Instagram Stories and now Snapchat, to see how it will appear. Before today, Canvas art could only be shared to Instagram Stories.