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Spotify Launches ‘Prompted Playlists’ Beta in New Zealand for Premium Users

Listeners can shape recommendations with detailed text prompts that draw on their entire listening history.

Overview

  • Prompted Playlists is live in beta for English speakers in New Zealand with access limited to Premium subscribers.
  • The tool accepts long, natural‑language instructions and factors in a user’s full Spotify listening history plus broader world knowledge.
  • Users can refine results by editing prompts, set rules for playlist makeup, and choose automatic refreshes on a daily or weekly schedule.
  • Each track includes a short explanation of why it was selected, and Spotify offers starter ideas to help users craft prompts.
  • Spotify frames the test as part of a push toward greater user control and discovery, echoing a wider industry shift highlighted by recent Instagram controls.