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How to share music with others using Spotify codes

Spotify is the most used application in Spain for streaming music. The application has left us these months with functions such as searching songs by lyrics or the possibility of changing the cover photo in the playlists you have created. There are times that you want to share some songs that you have discovered with your friends, who have a similar taste, for example.

In Spotify we find various ways of sharing music, being able to send it in messaging apps or social networks. In addition, the application has its own codes, which also allow us to share music (songs, albums or artists) with another person. We show you how they work.

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Share music with Spotify codes

These Spotify codes are inspired by QR codes, because a code is generated on the screen, which another person will be able to scan with their phone so that at that moment the song, album or artist page that you have shared is opened. This will allow this person to start listening to music directly on their device. This option is possible only on the PC, that is, we can only share that code on the screen from the PC, following these steps:

Open Spotify on your PC.
Find the song, album, or artist you want to share.
Click on the icon with the three ellipsis on the right.
Click on Share.
Select Spotify Code.
A code will be displayed on the screen.
Wait for the other person to scan that code with their mobile.

So you will already have access to music that you wanted to share, because it will open directly in your application on Android. It is a simple method of sharing songs or artists, inspired by the operation of QR codes, so popular today.

Customize the cover photo in your playlists on Spotify

Spotify allows you to upload a photo of yourself as a cover in the playlists in its app on Android. These are the steps to follow.

How to scan a code

It may happen that another person share music in the app with you using said method. By doing this, following the steps mentioned in the previous section, a code will be displayed on the other user’s screen, either on their computer or on their smartphone. What we have to do is:

Open Spotify on your phone.
Go to Search at the bottom.
Click on the search bar.
Click on the camera icon in the upper right.
Click on Scan.
Point the camera at that code on the screen.
Wait for that album, song or artist to be shown on your mobile screen.

Having scanned a code you can start play that music directly in the app on your Android phone. A good way to share songs with others or allow others to share music with you and thus discover new artists or songs in a simple way.