Spotify (SPOT) is expanding its Prompted Playlists feature to Premium subscribers in the United States and Canada, giving users a new way to build playlists simply by explaining what they feel like listening to, in plain language.
The tool is an extension of Spotify's earlier AI playlist feature introduced in 2024, but it allows for much richer and more conversational input. Instead of short commands, listeners can describe moods, moments, or even abstract ideas, from a rainy afternoon to a favourite TV show, and receive a playlist shaped around that description.
The company says the aim is to make playlist creation easier and more intuitive, especially for users who don't think in genres or technical music terms. The system looks at real-time music trends as well as a listener's full history on the platform, though users can choose to push beyond their usual habits and ask for unfamiliar artists or songs they've never heard before.
While each playlist is tailored to the individual listener, the prompts themselves can be shared. That means the same description can produce different playlists for different people, opening the door to a new kind of creator who focuses on writing prompts rather than selecting tracks.
Prompted Playlists will sit alongside Spotify's existing AI playlist feature rather than replacing it. The rollout includes usage limits while the feature remains in beta and is currently available only in English. Spotify said it will evaluate how the tool performs in these markets before deciding on a wider international release.
Spotify shares closed at $498.64, down 3.55%, and were trading 1.82% higher at $507.73 in after-hours trading on the NYSE.
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