Spotify has announced that music videos are now rolling out to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada. It's still in beta.
Spotify had debuted music videos on its platform in early 2024 for a dozen countries, before expanding it to 85 more regions around the world in late October 2024. You can view a list of countries where the feature is available in, on this page.
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Oddly, the U.S. wasn't in one of the 97 countries where the music videos were available. Spotify's music videos catalog features the following artists: Ariana Grande, Olivia Dean, BABYMONSTER, Addison Rae, Tyler Childers, N...
Spotify has announced that music videos are now rolling out to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada. It's still in beta.
Spotify had debuted music videos on its platform in early 2024 for a dozen countries, before expanding it to 85 more regions around the world in late October 2024. You can view a list of countries where the feature is available in, on this page.
(Image credits: Spotify)
Oddly, the U.S. wasn't in one of the 97 countries where the music videos were available. Spotify's music videos catalog features the following artists: Ariana Grande, Olivia Dean, BABYMONSTER, Addison Rae, Tyler Childers, Natanael Cano, and Carín León. That's a very short list, but the streaming service says it will grow quickly in the coming months. That's probably why it's being called a beta.
Music videos on Spotify are available across TV, desktop, iOS and Android. If you are a Premium subscriber from one of the beta markets, you can try it out by playing a supported track, and selecting the option that says "Switch to video".
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The video will start playing where the song left off. The video will play in portrait mode on mobile, but users can watch the videos in full-screen on landscape mode too. You can revert to audio-only, by selecting "Switch to audio."
(Image courtesy: Spotify)
Users can scroll down while a video is playing to view related videos. Spotify also has playlists like 90s Video Hits, Hip-Hop Throwbacks, and Latin Party Hits that users can choose to watch.
Spotify says that music videos are rolling out, and will be available for all Premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada by the end of the month. Can it grow to compete with YouTube?
FYI, Spotify is set to hike its prices in the U.S. early next year, and these music videos could be one of the reasons why that could happen.
Have you tried music videos on Spotify?
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