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Spotify launches Playlist Notes for personal commentary on songs

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's new Playlist Notes let you add context and background to the songs you love the most.

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Four years after its untimely demise, Spotify Car Thing is back, for free, and with absolutely no help from the streaming giant itself

By Tom Bedford Published

Spotify Car Thing was discontinued in 2022 and killed off in 2024, but fans have brought it back (in sort).

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Spotify Senior Director of Product explains why the platform is expanding into fitness

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's Senior Director of Product tells us all about the platform's 'natural extension' into the fitness world.

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A smartphone showing an AI artist profile page in the Spotify app, next to a large AI Persona tag
Spotify to label AI-generated artists with new AI Persona tags

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's new AI Persona tags distinguish AI-generated artists from real humans, and the platform is excluding these artists from your recommendations.

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A screenshot of a podcast playback screen in Spotify showing the new Skip Ahead button
Spotify introduces skip button for podcast sponsorships but keeps its own ads

By Rowan Davies last updated

Spotify quietly added a new way for you to skip through ads in podcast episodes, but some fear it's the beginning of the end for creators.

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Spotify lacks album folders, so I've started using third-party apps

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify still doesn't let you add albums to folders, so I've been using Musicboard to keep track of my favorite releases instead.

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Spotify plans AI-powered remix feature as new subscription add-on

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's agreement with Merlin brings it one step closer to launching its AI-powered remix tool, but where do industry professionals stand on it?

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Musician recording with a guitar and keyboard.
Suno, the biggest AI music company, is finally trying to solve a problem its own success helped create

By Graham Barlow Published

The AI music revolution has hit an awkward reality — even Suno is starting to put the brakes on.

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Creator of software label A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya, Mauhan M. Zonoozy, and the company logo
Former Head of Innovation at Spotify is building interactive 'digital music playgrounds'

By Rowan Davies Published

Mauhan M. Zonoozy was Head of Innovation at Spotify, and now he's taking on the world of music streaming with his own interactive platforms.

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The Spine Music album dispplay next to an image of its founder, Ricardo Amorim
New digital display Spine organizes streaming libraries like CD collections

By Rowan Davies Published

Spine Music founder Ricardo Amorim is putting his love for albums and CD collecting into a new digital music display.

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