From PC World: First Bing, then Google, now Spotify. The popular music streaming service is tweaking its desktop app to display song lyrics as you listen. Spotify's new music lyrics feature is powered by Musixmatch, one of the most popular apps in Spotify's catalog.
The streaming service is also adding new social features, including a chart showing the most shared tracks on Spotify.
Beyond offering a big catalog, Spotify is all about making music more social. The viral charts are a way of showing how active song sharing is on Spotify, while lyrics that make it easier to sing along offer a clear social benefit. Music streaming is becoming a cutthroat business these days with Apple, Google, and Microsoft all getting in on the game. To stand out you need to offer something original and Spotify hitched its wagon to social features a long time ago.
Based on Spotify's promotional video the new lyrics feature looks exactly like what you get with the Musixmatch app.
When the new feature rolls out to your desktop you'll see a Lyrics button at the bottom of the app, next to the song's timer. When the lyric display is active, song lyrics will display for the current song in the main window of Spotify. You'll also get a slideshow of background images related to the artist.
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