Spotify to Launch Music Videos

Spotify is launching music videos in the U.S., Canada, and a handful of other markets, following the feature’s launch in beta in overseas markets last year. The videos, which are provided by music labels under new agreements, will be available only to paying subscribers on Spotify’s Premium plan and can be streamed on its iOS, Android, desktop, and TV apps. Users will start seeing a new option to “Switch to video” Spotify when they’re listening to a song. The video will then begin playing from where the song is currently — a change from how the earlier beta worked. Users can switch back to music-only by pressing “Switch to audio” at any time. The videos can be played full-screen when the phone is in landscape orientation, the company says.