The desktop version of the app has a new microphone icon on the Now Playing bar clicking it will open up the scrolling lyrics. The mobile app will also let you share selected lyrics via a Share button at the bottom of the lyrics screen. The lyrics will scroll as the song plays. On both the iOS and Android versions of the app, you’ll want to navigate to the Now Playing screen - that’s the one with the full-sized album art - and swipe up. The lyrics aren’t too difficult to find, though you do need to know where to look for them. Here’s how to find them - Spotify’s lyrics are available beginning today for just about every version of its app: iOS, Android, desktop, smart TVs, PlayStation, and Xbox are all receiving the update.

It’s unclear what caused the delay Spotify has implemented very similar features more than once in the past. Spotify says the lyrics feature combines two important parts of its business: “creating the best possible listening experience and listening to feedback from users.” This statement is somewhat laughable - if Spotify were really committed to listening, it would’ve made the feature available for everyone years ago. It provides the lyrics database used when adding songs to your Instagram story, for example. Musixmatch has global partnerships with just about every music-streaming service, as well as with Instagram, Facebook, and Google Search. The new feature is made possible via collaboration with Italian company Musixmatch, which has long operated an app that provides real-time lyrics for songs in your library. Yes, even users on the freemium tier will have access to the lyrics across all their devices. More than a year and a half after first testing the feature, Spotify is finally rolling out synchronized lyrics to all users.

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