In addition to music and podcasts, Spotify may soon offer live audio in its main streaming app. Based on the company plans to integrate to its main application. In the process, Spotify will also rename the platform to Spotify Live. All of this could happen before the second half of the year, according to Bloomberg.
The store has been exposed to the impending move of the iOS developer , who found evidence of it in a beta version of the Spotify iPhone app. On the ultimate fate of Greenroom, in a separate tweet, Bloomberg reporter Ashley Carman speak the app will exist as a kind of backend for creators to record and upload their content to Spotify.
We’ve reached out to Spotify for comment.
Speaking of Spotify’s hidden motivations behind the plan, Bloomberg showed that Greenroom was “struggling to take off.” By integrating live audio into its very popular streaming app, the company will elevate the format to a more accessible place – even if some users will complain about the app more and more crowded.
In a way, it’s odd that the company might just be considering integrating the two together. When Spotify In his plans for Greenroom, CEO Daniel Ek said he sees live audio as something every platform will eventually have. “Just like Stories with video where every major platform has them as a way for audiences to communicate with each other, I see similar live audio,” he said at the time. “I expect all platforms to have it.”
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