Spotify Now Lets You Find Songs by Lyrics

Oct. 6, 2020

While there are a lot ofmusic recognition appsto find songs that are currently playing in the background, people have typically relied on search engines for finding a song using its lyrics. Well, not anymore if you’re a Spotify user.Spotify has finally added the ability to let users search for songs by lyrics.

The best part about Spotify’s new lyrics search feature is that it’snot limited toPremium subscribers. You can use the feature even if you’re in the company’s ad-supported free tier. With this addition, you can easily find the songs you’re looking for and start listening to them right away. Once it accurately detects a song,a ‘Lyrics match’ badge will appearon the search results.

Spotify’s built-in lyrics feature works on Android, iOS, and even the desktop client. The Swedish music streaming giant is widely rolling out the feature now. If you’re not seeing it, you can try updating the Spotify app to the latest version available on Google Play Store or App Store.

Separately, the company has alsolaunchedits new weekly top charts. To begin with, Spotify will publish weekly top 50 charts for songs and albums in the U.S along with the overall global ones. The company hopes to launch market-specific weekly charts in the future. Interested users can view weekly charts from theSpotifyCharts Twitter account.

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Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.