Spotify Introduces Podcast Clips Feature for Easier Sharing

It’s about to get easier to share your favorite moments from a podcast, with the introduction of Spotify’s new Podcast clips feature, out on Wednesday. In the app, a new scissors icon in the “Now Playing” view will allow you to clip a particular segment of interest from a podcast you’re listening to, then share it more broadly with your audience on social media or with friends, colleagues, or anyone else. When clipping, you’ll be able to trim the portion of the audio and preview it to hear it back before sharing more publicly. You’ll then tap the sharing button, which offers options for the different ways you can share a podcast, including a link to the full episode, chapter, timestamp, or, now, the clip. For those in the tech industry, the addition is particularly timely, given that major tech and AI executives now often avoid doing traditional media interviews to instead sit down with podcasters to expand their reach and, in some cases, avoid tougher questions. That means there’s now a lot more news breaking on podcasts, and not enough time to stream them all. This will make it easier for the key pieces from those otherwise lengthy interviews to find an audience. Spotify also notes it has seen traction with people saving longer segments of podcasts called Chapters, since launching them earlier this year. Since then, Chapters have been saved and added to playlists over 2 million times per month. Sharing clips can also aid in marketing by highlighting particularly interesting bits, encouraging users to tune in to the full show to hear more. Saved clips are stored in your Spotify Library, allowing you to revisit them at any time or add them to one of your podcast playlists. The feature is rolling out globally to Spotify’s free and Premium users on mobile, with availability expanding to more shows over time.