Music Stories: How do they work?
While listening to a song in Apple Music or Spotify on your mobile device, go to the streaming service’s Share menu to copy the link to the song or album that’s playing, then open the Facebook for iOS app, and start composing a status update. Type a status, then paste the link, and post your update. A preview of that song will then appear as a “Music Story” on your timeline and within your friends’ news feeds.
A music story appears as interactive content in your news feed and timelines. It’s not labeled as a music story. It’s just music player you can tap to start listening. If someone has shared several music stories, you’ll be able to horizontally scroll through the previews in your news feed. A music story is only a 30-second preview, but you will see options to buy the song/album or add it to your streaming library without ever leaving Facebook. If it’s a song from Spotify, for instance, the music story will give you an option to add it to your Spotify. Alternatively, if it’s a preview from Apple Music, you can click through to stream the full song in Apple Music or buy it from the iTunes store.
Music Stories: Which services work with it?
Music Stories: Which platforms support it?
Want to know more?
We’re introducing “Music Stories” today to enable better music discovery and sharing on Facebook. The new post format allows people to listen to previews on Facebook from Apple Music and Spotify. You can read more about it on Facebook for Media: http://media.fb.com/blog
