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Spotify Will Soon Let You Create AI-Generated 'Personal Podcasts'

It's also adding an AI feature that lets you ask questions about a currently playing podcast.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's upcoming Personal Podcasts tab, as seen in the streamer's mobile app

Spotify Launches 20th Anniversary Wrapped for Your Entire Listening History

What were your favorite tunes in 2011? Spotify's 'Party of the Years' will show your first song on the app, your most-streamed artist, and your top 120 tracks.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's poster for its part of the years recap

Spotify Rolls Out Green 'Verified' Badges to Distinguish Real Artists From AI Slop

To get a badge, artists will need consistent listener activity and engagement, along with active social media accounts, concert dates, or available merchandise.

By James Peckham
An example of the new Spotify Verified badge on an artist's page

Spotify Now Does Fitness and Workout Content, Adds 1,400+ Peloton Classes

Guided workouts are now available on Spotify, including clips from seven popular fitness creators.

By James Peckham
A screenshot of Spotify showing a workout

Spotify Overhauls iPad, Android Tablet Apps to Help You Be a Better DJ

The new design, rolling out today for iPads and Android tablets, adds a sidebar to control what you’re currently playing while browsing the rest of the app, among other updates.

By James Peckham
The Spotify app on iPad showing it in landscape

Spotify Wins $300M in Battle Against Pirate Group. Will It See Any of That Cash?

Record labels Sony, Universal, and Warner also win $22 million in a case filed after an anonymous group known as Anna's Archive scraped and posted the music streamer’s library last year.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify logo as seen on a smartphone

Spotify Now Sells Physical Books, Not Just Audiobooks

The feature is now available on Android and will be coming to iOS next week.

By James Peckham
Audiobooks on the Spotify app with it surrounded by paperback titles

Spotify Adds Option to Turn Off All Videos, Includes Music and Podcast Clips

The new toggles will let you turn off all videos across the streaming service for you and any connected family members.

By James Peckham
The Spotify logo on a smartphone

Spotify's AI Playlists Can Now Help You Discover Podcasts Using Prompts

Just describe the kind of podcasts you want to listen to, and Spotify will suggest shows.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's Prompted Playlist feature in action for podcast discovery

Spotify's New Exclusive Mode Is Built for Audiophiles, Out Now on Windows PC

The feature takes over your system’s audio settings for bit-perfect playback.

By James Peckham
The Spotify logo with headphones in front

Spotify to Test a Feature That Lets You Tweak Homepage Song Recommendations

The upcoming feature, Taste Profile, will describe your current music taste and let you modify it by entering a text prompt.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's banner for the announcement of the Taste Profile feature

Spotify’s Latest Gadget Is a Limited-Edition Urn That Plays Music for $495

The streamer partnered with canned water brand Liquid Death on what it calls the Eternal Playlist Urn.

By James Peckham
An urn on a mantlepiece with an arm removing the Bluetooth speaker

Swap Your Playlists for Paperbacks? Spotify Wants to Sell You Physical Books

Audiobook listeners can click a link to purchase a physical copy, with Bookshop.org handling the transaction. Spotify is also adding Page Match to switch between physical and digital copies.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's art for its bookshop partnership

Spotify Adds Offline Support for Lyrics, Makes Translations Available Worldwide

Now, when Premium users download a song for offline listening, the lyrics are saved along with it.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify's new preview for lyrics

Spotify Messages Get Group Chats to Share Tracks With Your Friends

Spotify is now letting you talk to a group of up to nine other people at a time.

By James Peckham
An example of a group chat on Spotify

New Spotify AI Playlists Use Your History, Cultural Trends to Build Specific Mixes

The Prompted Playlist beta is rolling out to all Premium users in Canada and the US this month.

By James Peckham
A collage of examples of Prompted Playlists made by Spotify's AI

Spotify Quietly Tests a Feature to Sync Your Audiobook With a Paperback

The rumored feature, called Page Match, will help you find where you left off, but in a different format.

By James Peckham
The Spotify logo on a smartphone next to a Marshall speaker

Spotify Gets Another Price Hike, With Duo and Family Plans Seeing Largest Increase

Spotify Premium will increase to $12.99 per month in February, making it $2 more expensive than its biggest rivals.

By Jibin Joseph
Spotify brand logo on a smartphone display

Spotify Is No Longer Running Recruitment Ads for ICE

Spotify’s recruitment ads for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prompted some artists to pull their catalogs from the service.

By Will McCurdy
Spotify Image Cropped

Spotify Now Lets You Share What You’re Listening to Live With Friends

You can also request friend join live shared listening experiences with Request to Jam.

By James Peckham
Screenshots showing listening activity and request to jam in Spotify