Spotify expands in-app messaging with group chats for up to 10 participants

January 29, 2026

Spotify is widening its in-app messaging to include group chats, letting you loop in up to ten friends or family members to chat about songs, podcasts, or audiobooks. This builds on the direct messaging feature rolled out last August, which lets you share what you’re listening to without leaving the app.

As with one-on-one messages, you can only add people you’ve interacted with through Spotify’s other features—such as joining a Jam session, collaborating on Playlists, or Blends.

This month also brings a new Listening Activity feature on mobile, which shows your friends what you’re listening to.

To create a group chat, open Messages in the app and tap Create group at the top of the screen. You can then invite up to 10 friends or family members to join the conversation. Group messaging is available to both free and Premium users.

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