Spotify Premium users in New Zealand will be the first to experience the serviceโs latest personalization feature. The company is letting users view and make changes to their Taste Profile directly. If your algorithm is serving up too much Bieber, you can politely tell the algorithm to ease up. Beta testers will be able to access the feature by tapping on their profile icon and then selecting Taste Profile from the sidebar menu.
The Taste Profile tells you not only what artists you frequently listen to, but also identifies trends in your listening habits. In a little demo clip, Spotify shows an example Taste Profile that includes the line, โyouโre also beginning to explore โ90s alternative rock.โ
At the bottom of the screen is a box labeled โTell us more,โ where you can tell Spotify what you want more or less of, including podcasts. Here you can say things like โI would like to listen to more hip hopโ or โIโm training for a marathon and want more high-energy tracks,โ and Spotify will adjust its recommendations. Itโs similar to the companyโs chatbot-powered Prompted Playlists.
Spotify is improving things on the non-algorithmic front, too, by adding filters to your Following Feed for podcasts. Now you can see only unplayed episodes, whatโs in progress, or even only video podcasts.
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