Spotify Tests its Music-Synced Real Time Lyrics

Spotify becomes the next app in line to add the music-synced lyrics to its existing
pool of features. The new feature would be powered by Musixmatch.

Lyrics would be scrolling in time as the music progresses and the song is played.
This is a very helpful feature appreciated by users all over the globe alike. After all
lyrics give meaning to the song in background, and when you have a hand-out of
the same, you hardly need anything else.

Previously this music syncing feature was seen in Apple’s app, Apple music. The
lyrics are shown live on the screen in real time. Needless to mention, Apple Music
builds a competitive advantage in the league of music streaming applications.

In what is seen to be a test, Spotify too has confirmed it is testing this feature in
news, in selected markets internationally. Currently the markets of Mexico,
Indonesia, and Canada have seen test versions of this lyrics syncing to music
addition to the Spotify mobile app.

Although the company has confirmed conducting tests, we cannot yet say when it
would be launched as an app with the much-demanded feature as an update. A
number of users have put up screenshots of the test changes in the app at their
places that shows the implementation of lyrics along with a song playing.

Several years ago, Spotify provided the same feature on desktop. Later it was
withdrawn. Nevertheless, the popularity meters roared in a clear mandate to
bring the lyrics back. Its user feedback community speaking in unison is one
glaring example.

A post that was dedicated to bringing the lyrics on music feature “back” was
written on the feedback community. With several thousand likes on the post, it
garnered immense support among the Spotify crowd who cheered for bringing
the lyrics feature back altogether.

Lyrics are greatly helpful when people want to hum a song and wish to know the
wording of the song. It is guessed that the scrolling lyrics would be powered by
Musixmatch; which is a Bologna, Italy based popular music data company. This
company has got its offices in London and San Francisco too. They have theisr
dedicated app for lyrics to sync with their enormous database of collected songs.

With this collaboration with Spotify which is a storehouse of a diversified range of

music including regional and cultural ones, both are bound to flourish. The music
streaming service, Spotify seems to get advanced, now that the feature has been
finally confirmed by app officials to be under test phase.

An official whom media reached out for comment, confirmation and further
update, wrapped up the info by simply stating:

“We can confirm we are testing this feature in a small number of markets.
We are always testing new products and experiences but have no further
news to share at this time.”

Earlier also, Spotify had partnered with Genius which powered it Behind the Lyrics
feature. But that was a different thing. Genius provided additional stuff about the
music you played and went along the annotation of the song.

This in–app lyrics feature could be enjoyed in the full screen mode too. The new
feature will be present at the same place where Behind the Lyrics and Storyline
features are present.

META

Spotify has confirmed that it has been carrying out tests to its real-time lyrics
syncing app feature in a few international markets. Users posted screenshots with
scrolling lyrics.

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Spotify confirms tests to in-app synced lyrics feature