Spotify is quietly testing a new feature to make your Discover Weekly playlist even smarter
If you love Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, but wish you could teach it some new tricks -- you just might be in luck.
Mashable UK Social Media Producer Jennie Gale noticed Monday morning a new feature in her Discover Weekly playlist -- a little heart, and a blocked sign, on the bottom left corner when a song is playing.
When you hover over the line or circle, it says "like" or "don't like."
However, her esteemed colleagues (myself included) didn't see such a feature.
We got in touch with Spotify, who told us that they are indeed testing the like/dislike as a possible new feature for Discover Weekly, as they already have it for Daily Mix. However, there's no news on when, or if, it'll become a feature for everyone, because they are just testing it.
Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist is a popular feature, and people have used it to stream just under 5 billion tracks in a year. Plenty of people have been waiting for a like/dislike function to better train their algorithm-powered recommendations, so if the feature indeed makes it through it should be popular.
Some of the tweets about it go back to 2015 and 2016...
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And joy from the chosen few for the test today.
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Liza Hearon was the Deputy Editor for Mashable UK. Liza started her career in journalism writing about punk bands for a 'zine in Florida, and her wanderlust has led her to work for news organisations in Russia, Japan and now London. Prior to joining Mashable, she was the European homepage editor for the Wall Street Journal. Liza loves podcasts, karaoke and really, really spicy food.
