How to Use Spotify Song Codes on Your Smartphone
You’re listening to Spotify and come across a great song you want to share with your friends. You could share the tune through a messaging app, but there’s an easier way. All you have to do is pull up the Spotify song code and let your friends scan it. Boom. Instant sharing.
To access a scan code, open the page for whatever you want to share. It can be a song, album, artist, or playlist. Tap the three dots next to the heart icon. You’ll see the album cover art on the page that appears, and a barcode (the Spotify scan code) will display at the bottom of that image. Your friends can scan that from their Spotify app and immediately go to the artist’s page, or the song, album, or playlist will begin playing automatically.
How to Use Spotify Song Codes on the Web App
Finding a Spotify song code on the web app works a little differently than it does when you’re using your smartphone.
Open the song, artist, playlist, or album you want to share in the Spotify app. Tap the three dot menu to the right of the heart icon. Hove your mouse over the Share option in the menu that appears to expand the options. Select Spotify Code to display the album art with the Spotify Code displayed so your friends can scan it. Although there are options displayed on the Spotify Code window (Open, Search, Scan), these options are not active and cannot be used to scan a code from your computer.
How to Scan Songs on Spotify
If you’re the person who wants to scan the code a friend is trying to share, it’s a simple process.
Open your Spotify app and tap the Search option on the bottom toolbar. On the search screen, tap the Camera icon to the right of the search bar. If this is the first time you’ve used the scan option on Spotify, you may receive an information page explaining how Spotify Codes work. Tap Scan to continue and grant Spotify access to your camera. Line up the Spotify code in the window on your screen, and it will scan automatically.
