Spotify’s new group chats share music with everyone in your circle

Spotify is expanding its in-app messaging feature with group chats. Now you can add up to 10 friends and family members to your discussion about your new favorite song, podcast, or audiobook, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The music streaming platform launched direct messaging last August, allowing you to share what you’re listening to without leaving the app. As is the case with one-on-one messages, you can only add people to group chats if you’ve interacted with them through Spotify’s other features before, such as joining their Jam session, Collaborative Playlists, or Blends. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/spotify-group-chat.png?quality=90&strip=all] Along with group chats, Spotify launched its Listening Activity feature on mobile earlier this month, which shows what your friends are listening to. To create a group chat, head to the Messages option within the app and select “Create group” at the top of the screen. From there, you can invite up to 10 friends and family members to join your conversation. Messaging is available to free and premium users.