Facebook’s Music Stories allows iPhone users to share snippets from Apple Music, Spot

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VIyfpfeYr6Vz7NjJpF03uQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/digital_trends_973/0a4e217c1126189baaa11cd543ae9647 (http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-music-stories-allows-iphone-025443599.html)Facebook has unveiled a new feature that will integrate 30-second clips of songs from streamers like Spotify and Apple Music on newsfeeds for the social media titan’s iOS app. Called-Music Stories, the feature will allow-users to stream clips directly from their feeds, follow links to add songs to their Apple Music or Spotify accounts, and purchase the song via iTunes. Related : Adele’s Hello becomes first track to be downloaded over 1M times in a week stateside In order to use Music Stories, users can simply click “share song” on the streaming service of their choice and then paste the link to their status on Facebook’s iOS app. The social network will then format it to play a 30-second preview. When the song pops up on a friend’s newsfeed, he or she-can play the 30-second clip directly on Facebook before being prompted to stream more music through the third-party streamer or to purchase the track from iTunes. “We hope by making this experience better, artists will share more, friends will share and engage more, and music will become a better part of the Facebook experience overall,” said Facebook director of product Michael Cerda in a company blog post. While the addition of Apple Music and Spotify make for a good start, if you’re a subscriber to Rdio, Tidal, Google Play Music or Amazon Prime Music, you’re out of luck — for the moment. Cerda said in the post that Facebook will add Music Story support for more streamers “soon.” It’s hard to know how things played out,-but Music Stories may be the result of rumors that Facebook-was looking into “some type of music integration” after denying that it was developing its own music streamer-over the summer. It’s also unclear if and when the feature will be added to other platforms such as Android, or PC and Macs. Either way, the new future makes for a great way for iPhone users to share a snippet of what they’re-listening to with the entire Facebook community.



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