Spotify has just announced that it is piloting video learning courses in the UK, covering four main topics: making music, creativity, business learning, and healthy living.
Over the past few months, Spotify has been improving its music streaming app with features it’s been seeking Compete directly with YouTube A good proof of this is that after including music videos in different regions of the world, the Swedish company has now taken another step forward. Integrate video courses into its platform.
In this sense, Spotify has just confirmed, Through his official blogVideo learning courses Now available to all UK usersWhether through mobile applications or the web version.
Spotify is testing video courses in the UK
Spotify is already trialling video courses in the UK, created in collaboration with… Educational technology companies BBC Maestro, PLAYvirtuoso, Skillshare and Thinkific.
As the Swedish company confirms in its statement, the content of its video courses focuses on: Four main themes: making music, creativity, learning business, and healthy living.
Regarding this innovative function, Babar Zafar, Vice President of Product Development at Spotify The following was mentioned:
“Trializing video courses in the UK allows us to explore an exciting opportunity to better meet the needs of our users who have an active interest in learning.”
Zafar himself also explains to us that the reason for including the video courses is this “Many of our users engage with podcasts and audiobooks daily to meet their educational needs.” And that Spotify managers consider so “This highly engaged community will be interested in accessing and purchasing high-quality content from video course creators.”.
To access these new video courses from the Spotify mobile app, you have to tap on them A new pill-shaped icon is located at the top of the app’s home screen In this sense, confirmed Mohit Jitani, Product Manager at Spotify the edge These courses will and may include supplementary materials such as PDF files Listen with the screen off as if they were audio files.
In addition, you should know that these courses adopt a freemium model, because, as happened initially with audiobooks, both free and paid subscribers of the platform will be able to access two lessons from each video course at no cost, but If you want to see the full course, you will have to pay an additional fee.
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