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Spotify adds editor-led videos to New Music Friday so you can meet the people picking your music
Spotify is embedding editor-led videos inside its New Music Friday playlist for US listeners, giving the weekly discovery experience a more personal feel.
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You can now request songs from Spotify DJ in French, German, Italian, and Portuguese too
Spotify is expanding its DJ feature in beta to Premium users in over 75 markets and adding four new languages, French, so more listeners can make voice requests in their own language.
Spotify adds verified artist badges so that you know you’re listening to a human, and not AI
Spotify is rolling out a new Verified badge and artist activity details to help you know if there's a real human behind the music you love.
Spotify apparently has no solid plan to label AI-generated music
Spotify has half a billion listeners, a recommendation engine that knows your mood better than your therapist — and apparently, no real plan to tell you if what you're hearing was made by a human or a chatbot on a Tuesday afternoon.
Spotify wants to be your fitness coach with guided workout sessions
Spotify has launched a new Fitness hub, giving Free users access to curated workout playlists from top wellness creators, while Premium users unlock 1,400+ ad-free Peloton classes.
You can finally organize your Spotify playlists into folders on your phone
Spotify's new mobile playlist folders let you group playlists, play everything inside a folder at once, and even hit shuffle across the whole collection.
Deezer says AI-generated songs now make up 44% of daily uploads
Deezer says nearly half of daily music uploads are now AI-generated, raising concerns around quality, fraud, and originality.
You can now buy physical books in the Spotify app
Spotify is now letting you buy physical books through its app in the U.S. and U.K., expanding beyond audiobooks with features like Page Match, Recaps, and Charts to build a more connected reading experience.
You will soon be able to turn off all Spotify videos across music and podcasts
Spotify will soon get three separate toggles to disable video content in the app, including Canvas clips, music videos, and podcast videos, with Family Plan controls also included.
Spotify can now build you a personalized podcast playlist from just a simple prompt
Spotify's Prompted Playlist feature now works for podcasts, letting Premium users describe what they want to hear and get a personalized AI-curated episode lineup that refreshes daily or weekly.
Apple Podcasts finally gets serious about video, adds multiple YouTube-inspired features
iOS 26.4 transforms Apple Podcasts with a full video overhaul — featuring Picture-in-Picture, offline downloads, speed controls, and a new video discovery hub. Here's everything that's new.
Spotify says AI slop is flooding your music feed, adds artist control tool
Spotify is testing a new tool that lets artists approve songs before release, as AI-generated spam and fraud expose how easily fake tracks can hijack profiles and distort payouts.
Spotify wants you to explore music like never before with SongDNA
Spotify has launched SongDNA in beta, a feature that maps connections between songs, artists, and samples for deeper music discovery.
Spotify has a new Exclusive Mode to please audiophile ears with bit-perfect playback
Spotify’s new Exclusive Mode lets you bypass system audio processing on desktop, delivering bit-perfect playback and a cleaner listening experience, especially if you are using external DACs or high-end audio gear.
Spotify’s Wear OS overhaul brings cleaner visuals and quicker controls to your wrist
Spotify is rolling out a redesigned Wear OS app with swipe-based navigation, richer visuals, and quicker access to playback controls.
Spotify plans to take the pain out of managing playlists on mobile
Spotify may soon let users create and manage playlist folders directly in its mobile apps, making it easier to organize large music libraries without relying on the desktop version.
You can hug this smart pillow to stream music and avoid doomscrolling on phones
Researchers have developed a smart pillow that streams music and podcasts, offering users a relaxing alternative to doomscrolling on smartphones before bedtime.
Apple Music will put custom tags for AI songs and visuals, but it’s not enough
Apple Music's new Transparency Tags let labels flag AI-generated content, but the honor system has no enforcement. Deezer's fraud numbers show why that's a problem.
That Spotify afterlife speaker urn is a real thing you can buy
Spotify and Liquid Death teamed up on the Eternal Playlist Urn, a real collector's item with a Bluetooth speaker in the lid that plays your music forever.
Spotify’s new Audiobook Charts make it easy for you to find what’s trending
Spotify has launched Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, letting you see what's trending each week.
Spotify’s latest feature automatically reorders your playlists for smoother transitions
Spotify has introduced Smart Reorder, a new feature that automatically reshuffles songs in your playlists to create smoother transitions between tracks.
Spotify’s next big update could make its recommendations make more sense
Spotify is developing Taste Profile Notes, a feature that lets users tell the algorithm exactly what they're listening to and refine recommendations proactively in the app.
Apple’s Podcast glow-up brings video, ads, and offline viewing
Apple brings native HLS-powered video streaming to Podcasts, enabling seamless switching, offline downloads, dynamic ads, and expanded creator tools across its ecosystem this spring.
Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scenes of your favorite tracks
Spotify is rolling out About the Song in beta, a new feature for Premium users that lets listeners explore the stories, inspirations and background details behind the tracks they’re playing.
Spotify will soon let you buy paper books inside the app
Spotify is expanding beyond audio by partnering with Bookshop to sell physical books, letting users buy paperbacks and hardcovers tied to titles they discover inside the app.
Spotify’s new Page Match feature can now sync your audiobooks with physical books
With Page Match, Spotify is tackling a common reader problem, letting you scan a page and instantly jump to the same moment in the audiobook, making it easier to blend reading and listening throughout the day.
Spotify can now show lyrics even when you are offline and translate them too
Spotify is rolling out new lyric features that let you view full lyrics offline, translate them into your preferred language, and preview lyrics directly from the Now Playing screen.
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