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As Spotify users around the world await the return of their good old fashioned app icon, the company has a handful of news to share in a range of areas. New features coming soon include AI-powered remix tools, concert ticket reservations, and more.

Spotify is making two video podcast announcements today, including one related to Apple’s big video podcast enhancement.

If you’ve enjoyed your Spotify Wrapped look back at your last year’s listening habits, the streaming service has an even bigger retrospective for you.

Spotify Party of the Year(s) looks back at all of your listening since you first started using the service, in my case dating back to 2009. It shows you the first song you ever streamed, along with your most listened-to artist, a playlist of your favourite songs, and more …

Spotify announced today that Premium users in more than 75 countries can now interact with the platform’s AI-powered DJ, in an expansion that also includes support for four new languages. Here are the details.

Starting today, Spotify users will have access to guided workouts for activities such as yoga, running, dancing, and high-intensity interval training, in addition to Peloton content in certain markets. Here are the details.

Spotify is celebrating its 20th birthday today, and one new gift for users is Claude integration. Spotify’s music and podcast streaming service now integrates with Anthropic’s AI. Here’s how it works.

Spotify is releasing a new version of its mobile app that redesigns the experience for iPad users. The experience is improved for browsing, navigation, and more with four specific features.

Spotify has introduced a new universal switch for making the app all about audio. No, it’s not a toggle for hiding podcasts and audiobooks, but it does turn off almost all videos.

Spotify Prompted Playlists were first launched in New Zealand late last year before rolling out to the US and Canada in January. The feature lets you use natural language to describe what you want to hear, and the streaming service will create an AI-powered music playlist to match.

The company has now expanded the AI tool to podcasts, stating that it will use a mix of three factors to generate personalized podcast playlists for you …

Ever look up a topic on Wikipedia and lose track of time going down the rabbit hole of related articles? Spotify’s new SongDNA feature is a bit like that.

Spotify was early to the algorithmically recommended music game. Now the company is testing a feature that lets listeners have more direct input over what Spotify recommends. The feature is called Taste Profile, and it’s currently in beta.

There’s some serious competition happening right now between music streaming services to make transitions between songs sound better. Spotify’s new Smart Reorder feature continues that push.

Last month, Spotify announced a new round of price increases for subscribers in the United States and other countries. As the price increases start to go into effect starting with February renewals, Apple Music is poking fun at Spotify’s drama on social media.

Apple Music is also offering a free three-month trial right now.

The new feature, currently in beta, is rolling out to select Premium users in six countries. Here are the details.

Spotify is about to allow premium subscribers in the US and UK to buy physical books through the app, in a move the company expects to drive revenue for both itself and indie bookstores.

It’s an expansion of the company’s partnership with bookshop.org on audiobooks, but it’s hard to see how the move makes any kind of sense …

The feature combines the user’s listening history with real-time world data to create smart playlists based on natural-language prompts. Here are the details.