Tidal customers within the US can now turn into DJs on the streaming service. The firm is testing a characteristic referred to as DJ, which permits these on the $20 per 30 days HiFi Plus tier to share songs or a playlist they’re listening to with different paying customers in actual time. Tidal added a correct playlist sharing choice simply final month. 

You can select a reputation for the DJ session and share a hyperlink that others can use to entry it. Unfortunately, Tidal says that these tuning in will not be capable of take heed to regardless of the DJ’s taking part in at high-resolution or lossless high quality in the meanwhile. The songs will play in common AAC high quality (160 Kbps) — higher-resolution streams will likely be out there at a later date.

Budding DJs will have to be enrolled in Tidal’s Early Access Program to entry the beta. They’ll solely be capable of begin a session on iOS for now, however Android help is coming quickly. All paying Tidal customers can take heed to a DJ session on both iOS or Android.

The characteristic is completely different from Tidal for DJs, which permits producers and DJs to plug songs from the streaming service into skilled audio software program, as The Verge notes. So, this new characteristic is geared towards beginner tastemakers. However, the truth that listeners additionally have to be paid Tidal customers would possibly forestall people from sharing their dwell DJ periods with associates who sometimes use Spotify or Apple Music. At least Turntable.fm continues to be round, whereas Amazon’s Amp permits folks to host their very own radio reveals with chat and licensed music.