It was a matter of time before the Spotify announced its own solution to compete directly with Twitter Spaces, which has been gaining fans in recent months, and Clubhouse, which was popular at the beginning of the year and now seems to have been swallowed by its rivals. In the case of the music streaming service, the novelty is the Greenroom, a dedicated app focused exactly on voice conversations.
Launched this Wednesday (16) in Brazil and 134 other countries, Spotify Greenroom allows any user to create a room or participate in live chats on the platform — each room can accommodate up to a thousand people at the same time. There is no need to wait for an invitation to register, as login can be done using the same traditional Spotify access account.
According to the company, users can search by pre-defined themes, as the categories in Greenroom are divided by subjects. However, rooms can be created with free themes. Participants can also ask questions to the moderators using the “raise hand” feature. There is even an option to “applaud” the content spoken and thus donate so-called “gems” to the host, a virtual currency that, for now, is only valid within the app. In the future, the idea is to monetize this payment system.
Spotify Greenroom can be downloaded on Android and iOS smartphones. The service is the result of an acquisition by the streaming company in March, when it purchased the startup Betty Labs, responsible for the Locker Room app, specialized in audio rooms.