Soundcloud & Instagram Announce New Integration
by Staff Editor
Music creators and fans will now be able to share music from SoundCloud through their Instagram stories.
Soundcloud announced its partnership without Instagream on Tuesday (Oct. 23) and is now the latest audio streaming platform to partner with the media company.
The news follows a similar announcement regarding Spotify and Instagram partnering over the summer. Users will now be able to press the “share” button in Soundcloud and then tap “Share to Instagram Stories.” Viewers and followers will then be able to click “Play on SoundCloud” in the story, which will then redirect them tothe SoundCloud mobile app and start playing.
According to SoundCloud, every month creators shares millions of SoundCloud links and screen shots across social media platforms. But because of the partnership, creators will now be able to seamlessly promote their music. This is now available on the latest versions of the SoundCloud and Instagram mobile apps for iOS and Android.