{"id":2194096,"date":"2025-12-10T22:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2194096"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:13:20","slug":"spotifys-new-playlist-feature-gives-users-more-control-over-their-recommendation-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spotifys-new-playlist-feature-gives-users-more-control-over-their-recommendation-algorithm\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify&#8217;s new playlist feature gives users more control over their recommendation algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Spotify is attempting to give users more control over the music the streaming service recommends with a new playlist feature called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2025-12-10\/spotify-prompted-playlists-algorithm-gustav-soderstrom\/\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;Prompted Playlist.&quot;;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">&#8220;Prompted Playlist.&#8221;<\/a> The beta feature is rolling out in New Zealand starting on December 11, and will let users write a custom prompt that Spotify can use \u2014 alongside their listening history \u2014 to create a playlist of new music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">By tapping on Prompted Playlist, Spotify subscribers participating in the beta will be presented with a prompt field where they can type exactly what they want to hear and how they want Spotify&#8217;s algorithm to respond. And while past AI features took users&#8217; individual taste into consideration, Spotify claims Prompted Playlist &#8220;taps into your entire Spotify listening history, all the way back to day one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\">Prompted Playlist will exist alongside Spotify&#8217;s other playlist features.<\/span><span> (Spotify)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Prompts can be as broad or specific as users want, and Spotify says playlists can also be set to automatically update with new songs on a specific cadence. An &#8220;Ideas&#8221; tab in the Prompted Playlist setup screen can provide suggestions for users who need inspiration for their prompt. And interestingly, Spotify says each song in the playlist will be presented with a short description explaining why the algorithm chose it, which could help direct future fine-tuning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">If this all sounds familiar, it&#8217;s because Spotify has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/spotifys-ai-playlists-are-now-available-for-premium-users-in-the-us-130008423.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:already tried AI-generated playlists;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">already tried AI-generated playlists<\/a> in the past. The difference here, besides Spotify framing the new feature as giving users more &#8220;control,&#8221; is the detail of the prompts, the depth of user data Spotify is applying and the options users will have to keep playlists up-to-date. Prompted Playlist is only available in English for now, but Spotify says the feature will evolve as it adds more users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Spotify isn&#8217;t the first company to offer users more direct control over how content is recommended to them. Meta has recently started experimenting with algorithm-tuning options in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/your-dear-algo-threads-posts-might-actually-do-something-soon-215448062.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Threads;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Threads<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/instagram-will-let-you-control-which-topics-its-algorithm-recommends-133002612.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Instagram<\/a>, and TikTok lets users <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tiktok-for-you-feed-refresh-130028273.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:completely reset their For You page;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">completely reset their For You page<\/a> to start fresh. The irony of all these features is that algorithm-driven feeds were supposed to be able to recommend good music, posts and videos without additional prompting. Now that prompting is being pitched as a feature, rather than extra work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.engadget.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify is attempting to give users more control over the music the streaming service recommends with a new playlist feature called &#8220;Prompted Playlist.&#8221; The beta feature is rolling out in New Zealand starting on December 11, and will let users write a custom prompt that Spotify can use \u2014 alongside their listening history \u2014 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2194097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[423666,423664,22821,423665],"class_list":["post-2194096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-direct-control","tag-playlist-feature","tag-spotify","tag-spotify-listening-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spotifys-new-playlist-feature-gives-users-more-control-over-their.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2194098,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194096\/revisions\/2194098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}