Incredibly, Discover Weekly has been a part of the Spotify app for 10 years now. Which, in terms of tech, makes it an ancient feature. And if you’re not yet familiar with Discover Weekly despite subscribing to Spotify, the latest update means that now is the time to check it out.
Spotify Is Improving Its Discover Weekly Playlists
If you’re not yet familiar with Discover Weekly, it’s Spotify’s way of getting you to listen to new (to you) music. The playlist updates every Monday, adding tracks that the streaming service’s algorithm thinks you’ll like. Spotify generates various different playlists each week, but Discover Weekly was the first when it was launched in 2015.
Millions of people now open Discover Weekly every Monday, hoping to hear a song that they’re unfamiliar with, but which goes on to become a favorite. And now, as announced in a post on For the Record mainly focused on Discover Weekly turning 10 years old, Spotify is making some changes to it.
First up is a visual refresh, with a new geometric pattern that Spotify claims “reflects its ever-evolving nature and the dynamic energy of weekly discovery.” However, much more interesting than the new look is the option to tweak the Discover Weekly playlist by genre.
When you open Discover Weekly from the Made for You hub, initially, you’ll still see the default playlist of 30 songs. However, you’ll also now see a list of five genres above the songs, allowing you to tweak the playlist more to your liking. Essentially, this means you now have six distinct Discover Weekly playlists to explore each week. Which will be (literal) music to the ears of fans of the feature.
I must admit that I don’t listen to all the Discover Weekly tracks, but I almost always discover something I like by flicking through the suggestions. Being able to do that for five specific genres massively increases the chances that a. I’ll hear something completely new to me, and b. I’ll find new songs I like enough to add to my long list of Liked songs.
Discovering New Music Is At the Heart of Spotify
We’re now fully into the streaming era, where almost every movie, game, and song is available to play on demand on whatever device you have to hand. And while some people still mourn for the days of physical media (hence the renewed interest in vinyl), streaming does bring lots of advantages. One of which is the ability to discover new content quickly and easily.
For me, discovering new music is at the very heart of the Spotify experience, and there are lots of different ways to discover new music on Spotify. Discover Weekly is just one of those ways, and the new Discover Weekly playlist makes the feature even better than it already was. But if it still doesn’t hit the spot for you personally, try these AI playlist generators instead.
