Spotify now lets you transfer playlists from other services

Spotify, one of the largest music and podcast streaming services, is now making it easier to switch from other streaming music services by introducing the ability to transfer playlists.

According to TechCrunch, the company introduced integration with TuneMyMusic Thursday directly in the Spotify app. TuneMyMusic is a tool that allows users to transfer playlists from other streaming services to their Spotify libraries.

Transferring your playlists is now easier.

The new feature, which is rolling out now, can be found in the ‘Your Library’ section of the mobile app. To use the TuneMyMusic service, you need to scroll to the bottom of the page and then tap the option titled “Import your music”, right below the “Add Podcasts and Shows” option. From there, you follow several prompts to connect to the service and then select which service you want to transfer the playlists from. The playlists will then appear in your Spotify library.

Like TechCrunch It should be noted that this process does not remove playlists from the original service; rather, it simply copies them from platform to platform. Currently, TuneMyMusic supports Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, iTunes, SoundCloud, Last.FM, Pandora and more.

This move by Spotify follows a similar trend among other streaming giants to make transferring playlists easier. Apple Music, one of its biggest competitors, has already introduced a way for users to import playlists YouTube music which is built directly into the iOS and iPadOS settings and available in the Android version of the Apple Music app.

For those who wanted to switch to Spotify but were afraid of the hassle of transferring playlists, it is extremely convenient to have this new feature built-in. It’s also cost-effective for people with playlists containing hundreds of songs. The standalone version of TuneMyMusic only supports free transfers for 500 songs; more than that requires a paid subscription. Spotify customers are not limited in the number of songs they can transfer.

Spotify hasn’t shared any details about the deal, but it seems well timed after the company faced a Death to Spotify movement last month over some of its business practices and Apple Music introduced its playlist import tool in late August.