Spotify Update Brings Song Lyrics to Your Desktop

The next time you're rocking out to your favorite jams on Spotify while working away on your desktop, song lyrics will be just a click away.

The music-streaming service on Thursday launched a new desktop update, which brings fully integrated lyrics powered by Musixmatch, the world's largest lyrics catalogue, along with some other handy features. The updates will be rolling out gradually to all desktop users over the coming weeks — so if you don't see them right away just sit tight.

After updating to the latest version, you can start playing any song, then hit the new Lyrics button, located next to the play bar, to start belting it out. You'll also be able to search and browse popular lyrics from Spotify's top songs using the Explore feature.

This means you'll no longer have to Google lyrics to that song you can't quite figure out, saving you a few clicks and some time.

Meanwhile, the update also brings to the Spotify desktop app a new and improved Friend Feed that makes it easier to discover what your contacts are listening to. You'll be able to simply scroll down the sidebar to see which playlists, songs, and artists your friends are obsessed with at the moment.

Besides that, Spotify is introducing new daily viral charts showing the most shared tracks and local region-based play counts. All charts will feature indicators to highlight new music and how individual tracks are performing day by day. These changes should make it easier than ever to see how your favorite jams are doing in the charts, and discover new songs that are becoming popular.

Spotify said that "millions" of users rock out on its desktop app each day.

"We're excited to bring an update to one of our key platforms — one that makes the experience smoother and introduces some great features and integrations" Spotify's Director of Product, Dave Price, said in a statement. "Following in the footsteps of previous successful app integrations such as Songkick, we're thrilled to bring desktop listeners such a sought-after feature as lyrics."

Meanwhile, the update is also removing one feature from the Spotify desktop client — the App Finder tab. The move comes after Spotify recently integrated a number of other popular apps like Topspin, BBC Playlister, Swarm, Digster, and Filtr into its offerings.

"With these new app experiences, as well as our latest tools for developers, we're now phasing out the App Finder and third-party applications from the desktop client," Spotify said.

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