#messaging

#messaging

Spotify is rolling out more social features to keep people on the platform. It's adding a new tool to its messaging platform that lets users see what their friends and family members are listening to in real time. Once activated, a user's listening activity will be displayed at the top of the chat. The other person in the chat can tap the bar to play a particular track, save it or react with an emoji.

The company on Wednesday said it is introducing a new Messages feature that will let users see what their friends are streaming in real time and send requests to start Jams, the app's collaborative listening feature. Users would first have to navigate to their Settings and turn on the "listening activity" feature in the "Privacy & Social" section. Once that's done, your listening activity will appear at the top of Messages chats.

It's absolutely vital to be able to communicate effectively and efficiently to large groups of people. I've been lucky enough to get to refine and test my skills in communicating at scale for a few decades now, and the power of talking to communities is the one area where I'd most like to pass on what I've learned, because it's this set of skills that can have the biggest effect on deciding whether good ideas and good work can have their greatest impact.

He said the Trump campaign was smart in how it talked about the issue before the 2024 election by pointing out illegal immigrants from Venezuela killed 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley and 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. That was the headline these were the victims of illegal immigration, Jones said. But the headlines have since shifted to protestors at ICE facilities, which Jones said is a better look and argument for Dems.

With the Snapchat app on Apple Watch, you can preview an incoming message and reply using the Keyboard, Scribble, Dictation, or send an emoji.

RCS ads have been a thing on Android for a while now, but now, even iPhone users in the US are receiving them.