Spotify adds verified podcast badges so you know you’re listening to the real host, and not an AI clone

Spotify is rolling out verified badges for podcasts and tightening its rules around AI voice cloning to make sure the podcasts you love are actually made by the people you think they are.

Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

Spotify will let creators distribute and monetize video podcasts on Apple Podcasts using Apple’s HLS streaming technology, without changing their existing workflows.

Spotify’s new Wrapped-style feature crashed under demand — but users were even more disappointed by the results

Spotify crashed and users couldn’t access its new Party of the Year(s) feature, but they were still left underwhelmed with it anyway.
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Spotify now wants you to relive your entire music personality arc

Spotify’s new feature looks back at your music history, from your first song and all-time favorite artist to a 120-track playlist of the songs you played the most.

‘Thanks for your patience’ — Spotify is back online after a major outage that impacted thousands of users

Spotify experienced major problems for several hours on May 12, 2026. Here’s everything we know.

Spotify’s launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history

Spotify’s new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now

Spotify’s latest ‘Wrapped’ covers your entire music history
Spotify’s latest ‘Wrapped’ covers your entire music history

Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving listeners a “fully personalized look at their entire music history.” Starting today, Spotify mobile app users can access a new Wrapped-like experience that features “never-before-shared data” going back to when they first joined the service. The “Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)” experience will allow users […]

Spotify’s new mobile experience is like a supercharged Wrapped, taking you through your entire music history since your first stream — here’s everything it offers

Your Party of the Year(s) is Spotify’s latest experience that takes you on a nostalgic trip back in time over your music history.
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Spotify’s AI DJ now speaks French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese
Spotify’s AI DJ now speaks French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese

Spotify has just released an expansion of its premium AI DJ feature that promises to enhance the experience for users in Europe and Brazil, adding the DJ function to new markets and four additional languages: French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Port…