When we find any great music track on the Internet, we generally want to share it with friends who I know have a similar taste when it comes to entertainment. Facebook is now going to make this task very simpler.

Facebook has just announced that the company will soon enable a feature that allows users to listen to music together on the site. Friends currently listening to music will have a music icon next to their online status in the Facebook sidebar.

Just hover with your mouse over the username and click on the listen with button to listen to the same music your friend is listening to. The music will automatically be synchronized so that you start listening to the music at the same position that your friend is currently at.

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Information about the current session can be displayed in chat, with the possibility that other users join in to make it a group listening experience and chat session.

Music is powered by third party applications that users need to first enable on their accounts before they can listen with others to the same music.

Facebook notes that only “the people you’ve shared your listening activity with can see when you’re listening with a friend”. General privacy related settings for the application can be set under App Settings which for instance allows you limit music information to just yourself or a close group of friends.

The new feature is currently being rolled out. Official information indicate that it will take a few weeks before every Facebook user can make use of the new feature.