Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming, with millions of downloads worldwide. And now it looks like it will be releasing a video playback feature as well.
Spotify's new video player will compete with YouTube Music, which also offers music videos.
According to MacRumors , the video player will be added to the app's " Now Playing " screen. The "Now Playing" screen offers a variety of content while a user is listening to music
Spotify's Video Player and Canvas
The three new tabs that will be added, Album Art, Canvas, and Videos, will feature different content related to a specific piece of music. The Album Art tab will consist of the regular album art or the featured image of an album.
The Canvas will be a new experience for users, as it will consist of segments of the video clip or related animations for a particular track. The last tab will consist of the video player, which will play the full video of the track.
Spotify vs. YouTube Music
Spotify is the leading platform of its kind and has gained a huge user base. It also offers a 3-month trial period, which has attracted quite a few users.
So far, it has 286 million users and around 130 million subscribers worldwide.
YouTube Music, on the other hand, only has 20 million subscribers, which means it can't even compare to Spotify. However, YouTube Music is a new platform and it makes sense that it hasn't gained many supporters yet.
The one thing that made YouTube Music stand out was the integration of music videos, and it was expected that this feature would play a major role in its promotion.
However, it is now believed that Spotify can cause damage to YouTube Music with this new addition and attract even the users that the platform. It remains to be seen how YouTube Music will react to this new challenge and whether it will be able to compete with Spotify worthily.
