Spotify is rolling out a new feature to its mobile apps that offers a new way to instantly stream music or share songs with friends nearby. Called Spotify Codes, you might now notice that under individual songs, playlists, and albums, there is an addition of a soundwave-like barcode. To use them, go to your Spotify app, click the search button, and you’ll see a camera icon in the search bar. Hover the camera over the code and you should be taken straight to the music in question.

In our tests, Spotify Codes worked extremely quickly — sometimes successfully loading a song even before the camera got a steady look at the code. The implementation is similar to those you might have seen from Messenger, Snapchat,…

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