It’s clear that Spotify doesn’t want to be just another music streaming service. The Swedish company is turning to other forms of content distribution like podcasts, investing millions in creators for exclusives and audiobooks. Next step? Integrate a game into your app.
Spotify announced that it has acquired Heardle for an undisclosed price. It is an English project. based on the popular word game (acquired by The New York Times earlier this year), but with a slightly different mechanism. Users should guess songs instead of guessing words.
Heardle is already part of Spotify
It didn’t take a second for the company to start adapting its new acquisition to its brand. to the domain ear.appjoined spotify.com/heardle. Also, as expected, instead of using the Soundcloud platform to access songs, the app now uses the Spotify content library.
The game is still free, but it imposes some limitations. Currently only available in a few countries. United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealandhowever, Spotify says it plans to expand accessibility to “hundreds of millions more people worldwide.”
The Swedish company assures that Heardle is more of a “music discovery tool” that lets us discover new artists or remember what we’ve forgotten, rather than a game. In this sense, as part of its strategy plan to integrate the game and other interactive experiences into your app “at a later date”.
This move leaves some questions in the air. What does Spotify mean when talking about “other interactive experiences”? Thinking of including other games? At the moment, the firm has not provided detailed information on this, but it is clear that it is still looking for alternatives to retain its target audience and prevent them from switching to other services.
The arrival of other games shouldn’t surprise us if that happens. After months of rumors, the streaming giant Netflix announces its entry into the world of mobile video games and has cataloged almost twenty titles in less than a year, confirming that it is working to reach 50 by 2022. Are we close to seeing a cross-platform entertainment offering from Spotify? We will know in time.
How to play Heardle?
You can play from the website until (and after) Heardle integrates into the Spotify app. If you don’t live in one of the supported countries, you need to use a VPN. after entering spotify.com/heardle You will see the instructions in English. tap Play down to close this window and then click the play button that appears at the bottom of the window.
Your task will be to guess the song by the opening notes, so you’ll hear the first few seconds of a song right away. If you know the answer, you can type it in the search box, if you do not know, you can press the button. jump. As a last resort, You will have the chance to listen to the song from start to finish.If you guessed correctly and share the result with your friends.
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