Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered voice command feature that lets your fans talk directly to the streaming platform via a chatbot.
Fans can ask the bot to help discover music, save new songs, follow artists, learn about their own listening history, and even build playlists.
Why this matters for independent artists
The new chatbot makes it even easier for fans to find your music. As an artist, you can make the most of this feature by ensuring your Spotify for Artists profile and metadata are up to date. A fully optimized profile will make a strong first impression on fans while maintaining accurate and consistent metadata allows Spotify to surface and recommend your music.
How “Talk to Spotify” works
Spotify’s new feature allows users to type or speak a request via a text-and-voice input field right on the app’s Home and “Now Playing” screens. From there, the bot can assist on a number of different tasks:
Curate music
Users can ask for new music recommendations by artist, genre, mood, comparable artists, and more.
Control playback
Once music is playing, users can give quick text or voice commands to save tracks, add songs to the queue, and follow new artists.
Learn more about an artist
If a user is interested in learning more about an artist, they can ask Spotify for more information like the release date, genre, or other biographical information about the artist.
Explore listening habits
A user can ask Spotify about their playlists, favorite artists, repeat listens, and more to get real-time data on how their taste is shaping up on the platform. “It’s a new way to explore the story of your taste, from songs you keep on repeat to the artists, genres, and moments that shaped it,” Spotify says.
Get your music on Spotify with CD Baby
As a preferred partner for Spotify, CD Baby delivers your music to platform specifications and makes it easy to claim your Spotify for Artists profile so you can start building your fanbase. Sign up for a CD Baby account today to get started.