Now with modification and integration of different apps on social media allow you to fulfill what you want to share. Recently Instagram and SoundCloud got integrated. Now you can share your stories on Insta directly from SoundCloud. The company announced this new feature that allows users to share tracks to Instagram Stories.
However, the tracks are shared as a link that appears within Stories. To actually listen to the track, users have to click the “Play on SoundCloud” link, which then redirects them to the SoundCloud for listening.
The Story
For the using of this new feature, find the track and tap the “Share” icon at the bottom of the screen. Then tap the Instagram icon or select “Share to Instagram Stories”. Well it depends on whether you are using an iOS or Android smartphone. The link to the track is then shared right in your Instagram Story. There’s a sticker label you can drag around to place on the screen. To listen, viewers click the “Play on SoundCloud” link at the top of the Instagram Story.
SoundCloud says sharing feature is live in the latest version of the SoundCloud iOS and Android app. This sharing feature was actually first announced in May at Facebook’s F8 developer conference. The Instagram support for sharing from other third-party apps is like Spotify and GoPro, among others.
The sharing feature follows the recent launch of SoundCloud’s monetization program for artists, and serves as another means for musicians to reach their fans outside of the platform itself. However, because users have to click a link to listen, it’s not necessarily a way to expose friends to new music the way that Instagram’s own soundtracks feature can.
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