The most popular music streaming app, Spotify, has announced a new update for its Android app, with which it seeks to offer more options to the user and greater control over the songs we hear. In fact, it is such a good update that it can be the perfect excuse to return to the platform, after several controversies.
And it is that music fans have been complaining that we were no longer the priority of Spotify; Most of the novelties announced during this period have focused on expanding the platform beyond music, offering podcasts, audiobooks, videos to fight youtube, and even talks with oracles. And we cannot forget the lack of music in high definition, although Spotify has done it.
Fortunately, it seems that someone on Spotify still uses the app to listen to music, because all the news announced today focus on improving the experience and facilitating control; and includes one of the best functions that I personally remember: the possibility of block a song we like.
That way, it may seem strange; If I like a song, it makes sense that you want to listen to it more, and Spotify algorithms do just that. The problem comes when you lose the account of the number of times you have heard the same songs during the last month; Like all recommendation algorithms, Spotify’s is prone to ‘bite the tail’ and turn over the same again and again.
Now, we will have two new tools to avoid this and stop listening to the same songs. To begin with, the renewed hide button is now more intuitive, in the words of the company; If we press it, The song will hide from the playlist we are listening toand this will be synchronized in all our devices. In this way, we can explore other topics on that playlist.
The second tool is even better: the new 30 -day pause function. As the name implies, if we click on this button, Spotify will stop recommending that song for a month; But the app will continue to remember that we like it, so it will recommend it after that period. Premium users will be the first to use this new function, which is still in tests, but the company expects to offer it more users.
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Spotify has also greatly improved the tail, the place where the songs that are going to be reproduced below appear and which is accessible by clicking the three lines button in the lower right corner on the playback screen. Here we will find a new design with random, repetition and timer controls, easily accessible. In addition, Premium users You can see the following recommended songs After the tail, and may decide whether to add them or not.
Finally, Spotify now offers a simpler way to access its musical selection functions. In the lower right of the app We will find the “Create” button with the “+” iconand by clicking it, we will find access to the function to create a list, a collaborative list, a fusion or a JAM, in addition to lists created with ia in the regions in which it is available.
