Spotify is testing a new AI-powered feature called Prompt Playlist, which automatically updates playlists based on user-set prompts and schedules.
How Prompt Playlist Works
The interface offers a simple prompt box where you enter descriptions like “mellow electronics for after midnight” or “upbeat indie for Friday prep.” Next to it, you can choose to keep the playlist static, refresh it daily, or have it regenerate weekly at a time you specify.
Below the schedule settings, “enhancers” customize your playlist by drawing from your listening history, global trends, genres, and artists.
Why It Matters for Listening
Prompt Playlist extends Spotify’s AI curation by automating playlist updates to fit your habits—commutes, workouts, late-night chill, or weekend prep.
This feature helps minimize curation fatigue, ensuring your music stays fresh and relevant without constant manual updating.
Comparison with Rivals
While competitors offer personalized mixes and activity filters, Spotify’s Prompt Playlist combines explicit user rules with scheduled refreshes and broader cultural inputs, creating evolving playlists like self-programmed radio stations.
Privacy and Data Use
The feature relies on your listening data and cultural signals, raising privacy considerations. Spotify includes privacy settings and playlist visibility controls to keep this automation personal and transparent.
Expect future options to fine-tune which data sources influence your playlists.
What’s Next
Currently an internal experiment, Prompt Playlist will likely undergo limited market tests before wider release. Success could redefine how playlists are created, making discovery more timely and effortless by syncing music to your life’s rhythms.
