Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek admits that he initially didn't understand the appeal of the streaming platform's popular feature, "Discover Weekly," but it turned out to be a huge success and led to the development of other personalized playlists. Ek emphasizes the importance of listening and being open to feedback as a founder.
Spotify is testing a feature that locks lyrics behind its paywall, as the company aims to increase its number of paid subscribers.
Spotify plans to offer subscribers a free audiobook trial to gauge interest in the market and compete with Amazon's Audible, with access to up to 20 hours of listening time per month without extra fees.
Spotify has introduced a new personalized playlist feature, called Daylist, that updates throughout the day to match the user's listening trends and mood.
Spotify is piloting a new feature called Voice Translation for podcasts, which uses AI to translate podcasts into different languages while preserving the original speaker's voice characteristics, aiming to create a more authentic listening experience. The feature is being tested with select podcasters and will be available to both Premium and Free users worldwide.
Spotify is reportedly developing AI-powered playlists that users can create using prompts, as hinted by code references discovered in the app, potentially expanding personalization and music recommendation features.
Spotify is now offering over 150,000 audiobooks as part of its Premium subscription, allowing users in the U.K. and Australia to enjoy personalized music, podcasts, and audiobooks all on one platform, with the U.S. set to follow later this year.
Spotify's upcoming "Superpremium" service is expected to offer features such as AI playlist generation, advanced mixing tools, more hours of audiobook listening, and a personalized offering called "Your Sound Capsule."
Spotify is rumored to launch a new $20-a-month tier called "Supremium," offering high-quality music, playlist mixing tools, access to audio books, and personalized features such as a "sound capsule" and 24-bit lossless audio.
Spotify is set to launch a new 'Supremium' tier that offers lossless audio, new statistics, an audiobook feature, and AI playlist generation tools for a price of $19.99 per month.
Spotify launches Marquee, a new platform campaign that helps emerging artists reach new listeners by offering full-screen sponsored recommendations of their latest singles to Spotify Free and Premium users based on listening history, with budgets starting at $100.
Spotify has launched a dedicated in-app Merch Hub that provides personalized merch recommendations based on users' listening habits, allowing them to access all artist merch in one place and purchase items through the artist's Spotify store via a partnership with Shopify.
