TikTok built an empire on short vertical videos with popular music playing in the background. An empire that other tech companies want to emulate, including Spotify – it appears that the music streaming service is testing a feature that displays a feed of vertical videos.
That feature is called Discover and was spotted by Chris Messina, who found it in a Spotify TestFlight build (TestFlight is the iOS way for developers to release beta versions). Discover is available as a new tab in the app UI.
This appears to be related to Canvas – the feature that allows musicians and bands to…