Exchanging music with friends and friends-to-be is surely one of life’s greatest socializing tactics and general pleasures. As such, you should learn how to share music anywhere, anytime. One of the best means of sending music is to your contacts on WhatsApp.
To learn how to send music on WhatsApp, read on. For any additional information or queries, see our FAQ section at the end of this article.
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How to send music files from your device on WhatsApp
- Open up the WhatsApp app on your device
- Locate the chat(s) you wish to send your music to and tap on it to open
- Next, tap the paperclip attachment icon in the textbox at the bottom of the chat screen
- From the pop-up options, select ‘Audio’
- You’ll be presented with a list of audio on your phone which is possible to send. Find the music you want to send and tap on each track (you can send multiple tracks at once)
- Note: Those greyed out with their file sizes in red are too large to send
- When ready to send, hit the green ‘Send’ arrow in the bottom right
- You’ll be asked to confirm that you wish to send your contact(s) the music, hit ‘Send’
- Once the music has uploaded successfully, your contacts will be able to listen to it in the WhatsApp app directly
How to send music from Spotify on WhatsApp
- Open up the Spotify app on your device and sign into your Spotify account if prompted
- Locate the music (song, album, playlist) you wish to send on WhatsApp, tap on it to open it
- Next, tap the three vertical More dots in the top right
- From the pop-up menu, select ‘Share’
- Now (provided you have the WhatsApp app downloaded, installed, and signed into on the same device you’re using), tap the WhatsApp icon
- You’ll be redirected to WhatsApp where you can select the contact(s) you wish to send the music to, locate them by searching for them with the magnifying glass search tool in the top right, or by selecting them from the list in front of you
- Once happy with your selection, tap the green ‘Send’ arrow in the bottom-right
- You’ll be taken into the chat and will see that the link to the Spotify music is in the textbox, you can add a message to this if you like, and when happy, hit the ‘Send’ arrow one last time
How to send music from YouTube on WhatsApp
- Open up the YouTube app on your device and sign in to your YouTube account if prompted
- Locate the music video (song, album, playlist) you wish to send on WhatsApp
- Next, tap the three vertical More dots below it on the right
- From the drop-down menu, select ‘Share’
- Now (provided you have the WhatsApp app downloaded, installed, and signed into on the same device you’re using), tap the WhatsApp icon
- You’ll be redirected to WhatsApp where you can select the contact(s) you wish to send the music to, locate them by searching for them with the magnifying glass search tool in the top right, or by selecting them from the list in front of you
- Once happy with your selection, tap the green ‘Send’ arrow in the bottom-right
- You’ll be taken into the chat and will see that the link to the Spotify music is in the textbox, you can add a message to this if you like, and when happy, hit the ‘Send’ arrow one last time
Note: On a computer instead of mobile/tablet the process is much the same, except instead of hitting the WhatsApp icon, you’ll have to hit ‘Copy Link’ and then navigate onto the WhatsApp desktop app, find the appropriate chat, and manually paste the link into the textbox before hitting send. It will have the same effect as on the mobile/tablet versions of the apps.
And there you have it! However you wish to share music with your contacts on WhatsApp, it’s easy when you follow our step-by-step tutorials.
For any further information, or if you have any other queries, see our FAQs below.
Frequently asked questions
Why would I want to send music on WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is one of the world’s leading messaging platforms, beloved for its ease of use as well as the privacy afforded by its end-to-end encryption. Since WhatsApp is owned by megacorporation Facebook (which also owns Instagram among other things), it is connected to and can thus be used in conjunction with a great many apps available on your phone or desktop.
One of the great features of WhatsApp is that you can share just about any media you want with your contacts – whether in individual chats or on a group chat, for all to see. You could send pictures, videos, GIFs, documents, and links, but you could also send music.
Sending music to a friend is one of the oldest means of cementing friendships. I’m sure that way back in the days before we hunter-gatherers even settled down in farming communities, we were exchanging songs, chants, and simple tunes on whistles made of bone.
Today, we continue to do just that, forming friendships by exchanging our favorite songs, bands, and albums. Doing so on WhatsApp is just another method of this ancient practice.
What kind of music can I send on WhatsApp, and what’s the easiest method?
You can send just about any music on WhatsApp, but it does depend on what form you wish to send it as to which method you’re going to want to use.
You can send music files via WhatsApp if you have the MP3 or WAV or other file downloaded on your device and ready to send, however, if the file is too big, there may be an issue. Alternatively, if you wanted to send an entire album that you have downloaded, or a playlist even, you’re going to find the process laborious if you try and send each file individually.
Thus, you can also send music to your WhatsApp contacts by sending them a link from a music streaming service – Spotify, say. This way, you can send whole albums and playlists without a hitch.
Furthermore, you could send music from YouTube, via a link again (usually you can do so straight from the YouTube app with just one tap). For those who maybe don’t have or use Spotify or other streaming services, this is a safe option.
Can my contacts listen to the music straight away when I send it to them on WhatsApp?
This again depends on how you send it. If you share music from Spotify, then your contacts can only listen to it if they also have Spotify, and even then it will take them off the WhatsApp app to listen to the song(s).
If you send an MP3 or WAV file, there’s a chance that your contacts could play the music directly in WhatsApp, but again, if the file’s too large, they’ll be redirected to their device’s default music player app to listen to it.
The best method, if you’re really intent on your contacts being able to play the music directly in WhatsApp, is to share the music from YouTube. YouTube and WhatsApp are integrated so that when a YouTube link is tapped by a contact (provided they have the YouTube app installed), they’ll be able to watch the video and thus listen to the music right there in the app.
