Spotify has launched a brand new “snooze” button that may enable customers to cover a track from their suggestions for 30 days, giving listeners a break from overplayed tracks.
The snooze button is presently accessible to Premium customers, however the firm mentioned in a press launch that extra listeners will be capable of strive it quickly.
That is one in all a number of new Spotify options rolled out on Wednesday which might be meant to optimize the listening expertise. The streaming service additionally revamped its “queue” function by incorporating shuffle, good shuffle, and sleep timer choices.
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Customers will even be capable of see what music Spotify recommends after their queued music ends and have the choice to show off the “autoplay” function, giving listeners extra management over what performs subsequent.
Spotify’s autoplay function, which robotically performs really helpful songs after a consumer’s chosen tracks finish, is divisive amongst listeners. Final yr, some customers believed that the streamer was deliberately overplaying pop songs like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” even taking part in the observe after songs that have been utterly completely different genres. These new Spotify options seem to deal with a few of these complaints about its suggestions and the frequency at which they’re performed.
Along with these advice controls, Spotify launched extra playlist administration instruments on this newest replace. Customers within the US, Australia, Canada, Eire, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK will be capable of flip their “Appreciated Songs” into playlists sorted by style. The entire new suggestions and playlist options shall be accessible for Premium customers.
Spotify has elevated costs for its Premium plan in every of the previous two years, stating final yr that the hikes allowed the streaming service to “proceed to spend money on and innovate on our product options and produce customers the most effective expertise.”