Spotify adds support for lyrics, helping people sing along to their favorite tunes

Lyric support makes it easy to sing along to your favorite music from Spotify.

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What you need to know

Spotify now has the ability to show lyrics for songs. The feature works on the desktop, console, iOS, Android, and TV versions of Spotify. Support includes both Windows PCs and Xbox consoles such as theXbox Series XandXbox Series S.

To power the feature, Spotify partnered with Musixmatch. Both free and premium Spotify users can browse lyrics as they listen to music.

Spotify outlines how to use the feature on its desktop app in itsnews post:

On Xbox consoles, as well as other devices that use the SpotifyTV app interface, you can view lyrics by following these steps:

Spotify shares that lyric support is one of the most requested features for the streaming platform. Now that it’s available, it’s easier to sing along to the most popular songs on the service. Spotify states that lyric support is accessible “across the majority of [its] extensive library of tracks.”

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services around. Now, it can show lyrics for the majority of songs on the platform.

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