After years of yearning, Spotify will let you organize playlist folders on mobile

After years of being desktop-only, Spotify playlist folders are finally on mobile, joining bulk editing, background downloads for iOS, and a reshuffle button in a new wave of app updates.

Spotify now lets you clip and share your favorite podcast moments on social media

Spotify has introduced Podcast Clips, giving listeners the ability to save and share standout moments from podcasts.

Spotify now lets listeners clip and share moments from any podcast
Spotify now lets listeners clip and share moments from any podcast

Spotify has launched a feature called Podcast Clips that lets listeners select, trim, and share specific moments from podcast episodes. A new scissors icon in the Now Playing view opens a clipping tool where users can mark a segment of audio, preview i…

Spotify now lets you ‘clip’ moments from your favorite podcast

With the new scissors icon, you can clip favorite moments from podcasts and share them with your audience.

Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too

Spotify is adding narrated magazine articles to its app as it expands beyond music into audiobooks, podcasts, AI audio, and more.

Spotify tests narrated magazine articles inside the audiobook tier
Spotify tests narrated magazine articles inside the audiobook tier

Spotify began testing a new content format on Tuesday: narrated long-form magazine articles, slotted in alongside audiobooks rather than podcasts. The launch announced from the company’s newsroom on Tuesday morning, includes more than 650 English-langu…

Spotify is narrating magazine articles now
Spotify is narrating magazine articles now

Would you listen to magazine articles on Spotify? The streaming platform certainly hopes so, as it’s launching a new format for narrated long-form articles, alongside its usual array of music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Starting today, more than 650 articles from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, and […]

Spotify’s AI bet: more of everything, less of what you want

Spotify has released a bunch of AI-powered tools that nudge users to create more content. It can be a bit much.

Why would you disrespect your favorite artist with an AI remix?
Why would you disrespect your favorite artist with an AI remix?

AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from Spotify will make them even easier to generate and […]