17 January 2012

Facebook to launch 'Listen With' feature


After allowing its users to share anything and everything, including their dirtiest thoughts and otherwise unprintable photos, Facebook will soon up the ante further by allowing users to share their music.
Facebook is making this possible via the new “Listen With” feature, which, according to a post by product designer Alexandre Roche, will allow for an enriching musical experience akin to a gang going out together to visit a dance club or watch a concert.
"You can listen to the same song at the exact same time—so when your favorite vocal part comes in you can experience it together, just like when you're jamming out at a performance or dance club," he said.
Of course, one is allowed to control with whom he or she is listening and vice-versa.
Turning the feature on is easy. According to Roche, the feature will be denoted by a music note located in the chat sidebar, which allows one to see who among friends are listening to music at a given time.
To listen in, one simply hovers his cursor over their friend's name, and clicks the "Listen With" button. The music will play through the service the friend is using. The user will also have the option to chat about the music he or she is listening to. Other people listening along can also join in a group chat.
Although yet to be made available until a couple of weeks from now, there is already gathering noise surrounding this new feature. For one, many are likening it to the music-sharing website, Turntable.fm.
But it isn’t as if the people behind Turntable.fm are really bothered about it.
“I’m flattered Facebook was inspired by turntable.fm and created a listen together feature,” said Turntable.fm’s  Billy Chasen in an interview with livemusicguide.com.
Apparently, Turntable.fm has a slightly "creepier" format in which one can listen to music that strangers are listening to instead of their friends.
By NEIL RAMOS
mb.com.ph

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