- Apple Music may soon offer text sharing directly to your WhatsApp status
- This would match a Spotify feature launched earlier this year
- The new feature could be launched with iOS 26.2
Apple is reportedly working on a new feature for Apple Music that will allow users to share songs and lyrics to their WhatsApp status, matching a Spotify feature released earlier this year.
This new integration would allow users to directly share songs or a few lines of lyrics from Apple Music to WhatsApp directly using custom cards and links back to Apple Music.
Currently, users can share Apple Music links to their WhatsApp status, but there is no option to share lyrics and customization options are scarce. This update aims to remedy this while providing parity with Spotify.
For reference, WhatsApp Status is a social media-style content carousel a la Instagram Stories, which sits next to the text string that long-time users may be familiar with.
The new feature is currently available through Apple’s developer beta, and depending on the company’s update schedule, could launch with iOS 26.2. After all, Apple Music was a target for new features in the latest iOS 26.1 update.
And as 9to5Mac reports, there’s still at least one problem that needs to be fixed. The share icon may simply refuse to appear when you try to share a song, rather than its lyrics, but this will likely be fixed upon release.
All told, this is another step in WhatsApp’s journey from messenger app to social platform — but more importantly, it’s a sign that Apple is still eagerly chasing Spotify’s example as we approach the all-important Spotify Wrapped season.
Spotify is way ahead of Apple Music when it comes to the size of its user base, with 713 million users compared to Apple’s 95 million.
Apple Music has made several solid plays to get ahead of its Swedish rival, such as offering lossless and spatial audio as far back as 2021 (Spotify gained lossless allegiance this year and still lacks spatial audio), but has struggled to match Spotify’s cultural cache, especially when it comes to that key ‘OK, share it now!’ the social aspect of music.
Despite Apple Music’s Replay going all over Spotify Wrapped last year, music fans and online commentators alike are still looking forward to Spotify’s data-driven listener recap as the year draws to a close. By the way, Spotify has just launched daily recaps and a weekly Wrapped offer, so it will be interesting to see who wins that battle this year.
While adding direct sharing to WhatsApp statuses may seem like a small upgrade to some, feature parity puts Apple Music in a better position as the spotlight shifts towards Spotify’s end of year.
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