Facebook was rumored to be integrating a "listen with friends" feature into its news ticker at the f8 developer conference, but the feature is finally rolling out today with Turntable.fm-like features. Now when you're listening to a track, a music note will appear next to your name in chat and in the news ticker, and your friends can listen along to a perfectly-synced song with one click. When you begin using the feature it will pop open a group chat, which up to 50 of your friends can join. Unlike Turntable.fm, you can't switch DJs, though you can pause songs or stop participating at any time. We're also not sure whether it requires all listeners to be members of the service, since Facebook's blog did not specify. The service is said to be up and running for Spotify users now though we couldn't use it ourselves, and Rdio and other Facebook-integrated music services are said to be gaining support in the coming days.
Update: The service is already live for Rdio and Mog users, letting them join in on the group listening fun.

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It isn’t showing up for me yet. :X
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 1:53 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
seems really cool
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 2:14 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Not a terrible idea, actually. Of course, they just stole it from Turntable, but still…
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 2:15 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Still not as good as the multi DJ set up at turn table. I like that facebook would be more friend centric. Though I still doubt either one will be better than a good Pandora station.
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 3:36 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Yes, it works for me! I see what my friends are listening to but had to confirm that I’m a Spotify user. Since I’m a full paying user I don’t know if it works on free services and so on!
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 2:47 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Do your friends have to be Spotify users to listen along?
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 2:53 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think you need to be a Spotify user to be able to use the feature…
This is how the ticker looks:

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 2:55 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
That’s been available for a long while, and is not the new ‘listen with friends’ feature. All that does is play the song besides it in Spotify, it doesn’t follow what your friend is listening to.
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 3:08 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Ooops!
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 3:13 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Waiting for the inevitable “Get the new Facebook Music on your account now!” post.
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | 3:35 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I prefer posting youtube videos on Facebook but maybe some find this feature cool. Generally I listen to Rdio music within my browser and occasionally record music streams that I find are worth saving for offline use.
Posted on Feb 08, 2012 | 6:19 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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