Spotify is making it simpler for customers to make the change from different streaming companies. On Thursday, the corporate introduced an integration with TuneMyMusic, a device that may switch playlists from different streaming companies into customers’ Spotify libraries.
The brand new characteristic, which is rolling out now to all Spotify customers, will probably be discovered within the “Your Library” part of the Spotify cellular app. To make use of TuneMyMusic, you’ll scroll to the underside of the web page, then faucet on the brand new choice to “Import your music” and observe the prompts to attach with the service.
You’ll be able to then select the platform you’d wish to switch playlists from, and so they’ll seem in your Spotify library.
To be clear, this course of doesn’t delete the unique playlists — it solely copies them over to Spotify. At launch, TuneMyMusic helps transferring playlists from companies like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Pandora, SoundCloud, Tidal, YouTube Music, and others.
The addition of the brand new characteristic ramps up the competitors within the streaming wars, whereas additionally serving as a win for information portability.
One among Spotify’s prime rivals, Apple Music, already gives a approach for iPhone and iPad customers to switch their saved music and playlists from different companies to their Apple Music library by way of a characteristic that’s constructed straight into the iOS and iPadOS Settings app. That possibility can be out there inside the Android model of the Apple Music app.
YouTube Music Premium customers can import their playlists from different companies, together with Spotify, as properly.
For purchasers pondering of switching to Spotify, having the switch characteristic constructed into Spotify might push them to make the bounce. It’s a pleasant perk, too, for the reason that on-line model of TuneMyMusic solely gives to switch 500 tracks without spending a dime. For limitless transfers, customers must improve to a paid plan.
Spotify isn’t sharing the phrases of its cope with TuneMyMusic, however it’s doubtless a win for each firms, because it might carry extra prospects to Spotify whereas TuneMyMusic snags a big shopper.
