Heck, anything that makes sharing obscure indie songs and deep house tracks simpler is sure to get some use.

For every song, album, artist, and playlist, the new Spotify Codes feature generates a unique barcode and album cover image. You don't have to wait to use the new Spotify codes, though. With its new feature for sharing music via scannable images, Spotify has taken a page from Snapchat.

Snapchat, of course, has a similar system that lets potential chatters grab each other's contact details with a simple photo of their Snapcode, which looks more like an old-school QR code than the Spotify one does. The captured song will start playing right away. To grab the track, your friend just needs to tap the camera icon to the right of the Search bar in their Spotify app and aim their phone at your screen. Hit Share and you'll see the code (which looks like an audio waveform) just under the album image at the top of your screen.

To pull up a Spotify Code, you just toggle the Share function with a tap on the three dots to the right of your screen when playing a song. We've confirmed the new feature in the Spotify app, though there's been no official word yet. It looks like Spotify knows this, too, as it's rolling out a new feature to use Snapchat-style codes that will let you grab a photo of your friend's screen to grab the song they want to share with you. Sharing songs with your buddies while on the go has typically been a hassle, with weird Shazam-style workarounds to get a song from one phone to another.

How do i scan a spotify code