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Spotify’s is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm with US launch of ‘Taste Profile’

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Spotify has launched a new feature called 'Taste Profile' for its Premium subscribers in the U.S., allowing them to fine-tune their music and audio recommendations.

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Spotify is giving listeners a new tool to shape the recommendations it delivers to their app's Home feed. The music streaming giant on Wednesday began rolling out a feature called "Taste Profile" to its Premium subscribers in the U.S. that allows users to see, for the first time, how Spotify understands their taste across music and other audio. Users can request changes using natural language commands to fine-tune their recommendations, or make broader changes. Powered by Spotify's AI, Taste Profile was first unveiled in March at the SXSW conference in Austin by Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström. However, the feature was initially available in beta only to listeners based in New Zealand. Now, the feature is arriving in Spotify's largest market in terms of traffic and revenue, where it will be put to a larger test among listeners ages 18 and up. In some ways, Taste Profile essentially gives you the keys to Spotify's algorithm. It is how the streaming platform chooses what music and podcasts to suggest, including in its flagship Discover Weekly playlist, its Made for You recommendations, and the highly anticipated annual review known as Spotify Wrapped. Though Spotify's algorithmic understanding of a listener's habits is largely credited as the secret to its success, those recommendations don't always reflect users' evolving tastes. The platform often ends up recommending...

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Product
Taste Profile
Takes effect
Sep 23, 2026
Location
United States

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  • online technology
  • general technology
  • future tech
  • audio
  • entertainment

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Detected
Sep 23, 2026
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