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Spotify is rolling out multiple product and platform changes, led by adopting Apple’s new video podcast technology for easier cross-platform publishing. At the same time, users are seeing service and feature issues, including a Connect/Cast investigation and an ongoing outage, while Spotify is also testing new personalization and recap-style features.

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Key Takeaway Spotify’s biggest current news is a push to improve podcast distribution through Apple’s video podcast tech, even as some users face outages and device-connection problems.
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Spotify’s biggest current news is a push to improve podcast distribution through Apple’s video podcast tech, even as some users face outages and device-connection problems.

Spotify is rolling out multiple product and platform changes, led by adopting Apple’s new video podcast technology for easier cross-platform publishing. At the same time, users are seeing service and feature issues, including a Connect/Cast investigation and an ongoing outage, while Spotify is also testing new personalization and recap-style features.

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  • Video podcasts — Spotify and its hosting platforms are adopting Apple's tech for video podcasts Engadget

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Apple video tech Spotify will adopt Apple’s new video podcast technology
Cross-platform publishing Goal is easier distribution across platforms
Ongoing outage Spotify confirmed a service outage
Connect issue Spotify is investigating missing Google Cast/Chromecast devices

What to Watch

  • Watch for Spotify’s rollout details on video podcast support and creator publishing tools. TechCrunch
  • Check Spotify status updates for when the ongoing outage is fully resolved. 9to5Mac

What Changed

  • Spotify's will soon support Apple's technology to open new doors for podcasts Neowin
  • Spotify and its hosting platforms are adopting Apple's tech for video podcasts Engadget
  • Spotify to Adopt Apple's Technology for Video Podcasts MacRumors
  • Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution TechCrunch
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What does Spotify’s Go to song radio do, and how does it work?

Spotify Radio is designed to help users create a personalized playlist based on a specific song, artist, or album. So, if you like a particular song on an album, go to its playing screen, tap the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner, scroll, and select the Go to song radio option. On Spotify, this will create a personalized playlist, containing songs inspired by that track on the album. Spotify gets it right most of the time, including songs that truly sound familiar to the originals. If you are a YouTube Music user, think of this as an equivalent to the Start mixes feature. It does the sa

Spotify's best music discovery feature embarrassed me — and I didn't see it coming
How did Spotify’s Radio feature put me in an embarrassing situation?

It all happened during one of my nieces’ birthday parties, where I was in charge of the tunes. This was the first time I played Spotify around other people. I usually avoid this, but I couldn’t turn down my niece’s request on a special occasion. I wasn’t prepared for this because I don’t have a playlist suitable for a birthday party event. So, I had no other option but to rely on Spotify’s Go to song radio option. The plan was to find one great party song and then use the Radio functionality to tell Spotify to play the same kind of song continuously. I thought Spotify Radio saved the day for m

Spotify's best music discovery feature embarrassed me — and I didn't see it coming
Why does it matter?

For starters, since 2010, users have been forced to utilize their computers just to be able to declutter their Spotify libraries. With the development on mobile, users should now be able to create new folders and move playlists to them directly on their smartphone. This is especially useful for users that have generated several AI or prompted playlists. Said playlists would normally crowd the library page, making it difficult for users to find the playlists that actually mattered. Elsewhere, the same development now also allows you to play all playlists within a folder, be it shuffled or in or

16 years in the making: Spotify finally lets you create and manage folders on mobile
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