Spotify announced it has teamed up with Facebook to enable listeners to play songs and podcasts immediately from the social network's iOS & Android applications.  

Facebook previous week clarified it planned to launch several audio products, comprising Clubhouse-style live audio spaces and a path for users to discover and play podcasts.

The modern integration is coming out in 27 markets, comprising the US & Canada, with additional markets to attend in the upcoming month, Spotify told in an announcement.

Spotify's paid subscribers would be eligible to permit full playback without advertisements and without evacuating the Facebook application.

Apple prior week explained it will initiate podcast subscriptions, which will allow users to spend to unlock new content and extra advantages like ad-free listening, strengthening competition with Spotify.

Both Spotify and Facebook have been battling Apple on various fronts, from secrecy modifications on iOS devices to the 30 percent fee imposed on app creators to utilize the iPhone maker's in-app purchase system.

Apple has explained its App Store assisted Spotify to provide profit from hundreds of millions of application downloads to be Europe's biggest music streaming assistance.