A few years ago I sat down with Spotify’s then-VP of Content and Distribution, who spoke about the idea of Spotify becoming the soundtrack to a listener's day, offering a “Songs To Sing In The Shower” ...

Electrical engineers recently pitted Genius - the music recommendation system in Apple's iTunes - against two experimental music recommender systems. Genius appears to capture acoustic similarities ...

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by Spotify‘s algorithm recommending songs that don’t match your taste, there’s some good news. The streaming giant is finally giving you a way to take control of its ...

If you’ve been listening to Pandora for years and dutifully doling out thumbs-ups to your favorite jams, all those upvotes are about to come in handy. Thumbprint Radio, a new Pandora feature that ...

An update to Spotify’s AI playlist generator lets Premium users create a custom Discover Weekly for podcast episodes. An update to Spotify’s AI playlist generator lets Premium users create a custom ...

Spotify is attempting to give users more control over the music the streaming service recommends with a new playlist feature called "Prompted Playlist." The beta feature is rolling out in New Zealand ...

Engineer Ari Vaniderstine tweeted a link to a Glitch project called Nelson this morning, which is a browser application that lets Spotify users fiddle with various inputs in the recommendation API and ...

Why this matters: Music algorithms decide what you hear next, but without guidance they can derail your mood or vibe. Taking control ensures your listening stays intentional. What to tweak: Use ...

Spotify this morning announced a major change to how its playlists will operate, with the news that some of its previously human-curated playlists will now be personalized based on listeners’ tastes.