Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too
Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations...
Key points
- Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations with a chatbot.
- The “Talk to Spotify” feature appears across the Home and Now Playing view on Spotify’s mobile app.
- Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too A new Premium beta feature lets you explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks by chatting with Spotify’s AI.
- A new Premium beta feature lets you explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks by chatting with Spotify’s AI.
What happened
Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations with a chatbot. The “Talk to Spotify” feature appears across the Home and Now Playing view on Spotify’s mobile app. Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too A new Premium beta feature lets you explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks by chatting with Spotify’s AI. A new Premium beta feature lets you explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks by chatting with Spotify’s AI. Now, you can ask the Spotify chatbot to “play some songs I haven’t heard before,” and control what’s being played with further instructions like requesting specific artists or asking to make it “more upbeat.” Spotify says the new conversational experience aims to make the platform “more personal and useful for every listener,” making this one of several ways that the company is trying to address complaints about its algorithm. You can also ask the Spotify AI general questions about whatever you’re listening to, making the feature feel similar to using chatbot services like Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT.