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Spotify now allows you to Explore a hashtag e.g #80s and then listen to a sample of music. It's like Tinder for music.
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New to just me? — Spotify now lets you enable “dynamic loudness control for podcasts” under desktop settings.
Spotify is rolling out a "love note" style for shared content from the platform — music and playlists.
Users can create a love note with a star-create button / an AI-themed pen button beside 3 colour-theme palettes.
As it was first revealed by @Chris.
Saturday is International Podcast Day and let me just tell you, I'm doing my part to make sure podcasters are HEARD!
Spotify is now using its in-app megaphone to promote engagement with podcast Q&As ("The mic is yours").
Curious if Pivot is actually testing this feature or if Spotify is running this on behalf of podcasters.
Spotify has a variant of its What's New feed that takes over the main area.
What other content might end up in this wider feed? Videos, perhaps?
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Spotify's Now Playing Sidebar now shows automatically generated transcripts for podcasts.
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New to me: Spotify is suggesting artist stations with a new Radio page design.
(Included a screenshot of the previous design)
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As promised during Q2's Investor Call, Spotify is now showcasing merch prominently in the Now Playing View, which is for sale in the Spotify Shop, e.g.: https://shop.spotify.com/en/artist/4iJLPqClelZOBCBifm8Fzv/product/pierce-the-veil-the-jaws-of-life-black-vinyl
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It appears that Spotify is adding free public domain audiobooks to their library, narrated by LibreVox.
https://open.spotify.com/show/47oTTE3t715YKxC8DELK2G?si=14190e6da5184f54
Spotify just raised their prices. Still no sign of Supremium or HiFi.
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-07-24/adjusting-our-spotify-premium-prices/
Spotify is bringing their What's New panel to desktop along with notifications and celebrating new releases with 
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Spotify has added employee leaderboards ranking playlist listenership...!
Spotify is working on "kid-friendly listening":
"Recommended for kids who need supervised listening or don’t have their own device. Explicit content filter can’t be turned off when this is turned on."
Spotify will offer Bump-style social listening initiation:
"Touch phones with participants, while you’re both on Spotify."
"Enable Bluetooth, then bring your phones close together to join the same session"
Spotify will offer a pay-as-you-go audiobook regime:
"Audiobook top-ups you don’t use will carry over and remain valid for 12 months from the purchase date."
"Run out of included listening hours or just want more time to listen? You can’t buy extra listening hours in the app, but audiobook top-ups you’ve already purchased from Spotify will appear here."