Anadolu/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Spotify is upgrading its free tier with several new features. The features give you more control over how you listen to songs. Users will start to see the new options today. Less than a week after debuting long-awaited lossless audio and a few weeks after adding direct message capability, Spotify is rolling out some more good news. This time, it's for free users. In an announcement Monday, the company detailed a major change on the way for free users – the ability to listen to any song at any time. Until now, Spotify has been mostly a "shuffle" experience. You can add certain songs to a playlist or choose to listen to a pre-built playlist, but when you access that playlist, the songs appear at random. You have the ability to skip certain songs, but you only have a limited number of skips. Also: Spotify's long-awaited lossless music is finally here - how to enable it today Starting Monday, you can listen to any individual song whenever you want. You have three ways to do this: Pick & Play: Want to hear that song that's been stuck in your head? Tap play on a track in the Spotify app, and you can pick and play any song at any time. Search & Play: Type in your favorite track or artist and start listening instantly. Share & Play: This is one you'll appreciate if you like using the app's social features. If a friend or an artist you follow shares a song on social media, you can tap that track and immediately hear it. The company added that you can also listen to individual songs in a personalized playlist. Previously, you had to listen to songs in the order they were served by your playlist. This also applies to songs shared through social media, the company said, and to your end-of-the-year Spotify Wrapped playlist. Also: This new Spotify feature almost made me ditch Apple Music - but iOS 26 changed my mind Spotify currently has more than 698 million users, around half of them premium subscribers. A premium subscription, which costs $11.99 a month, unlocks features like ad-free listening, the ability to download content for offline listening, unlimited skips, and higher audio quality. Want to follow my work? Add ZDNET as a trusted source on Google.