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Title: Facebook now plays songs from Apple Music and Spotify in your News Feed
Post by: HCK on November 07, 2015, 03:00:17 pm
Facebook now plays songs from Apple Music and Spotify in your News Feed

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Earlier this year, we dispelled the rumors that Facebook might be building its own music streaming service (http://www.macworld.com/article/2946853/no-facebook-isnt-building-an-apple-music-rival.html). Now we have more details about a partnership—not a rivalry—that has been in the works.</p><p>
On Thursday, Facebook announced Music Stories (http://media.fb.com/2015/11/05/music-stories-a-better-way-to-discover-and-share-music/), a new feature that lets Facebook users share a 30-second song clip from Apple Music or Spotify directly in their News Feeds using the Facebook iOS app. Now any song clip you share from those streaming services will generate a playable widget with album art and a link to listen to the full track on Apple Music or Spotify.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3002156/streaming-services/facebook-now-plays-songs-from-apple-music-and-spotify-in-your-news-feed.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

Source: Facebook now plays songs from Apple Music and Spotify in your News Feed (http://www.macworld.com/article/3002156/streaming-services/facebook-now-plays-songs-from-apple-music-and-spotify-in-your-news-feed.html#tk.rss_all)