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Spotify has introduced a feature called Taste Profile that allows users to type everyday phrases requesting more or less of specific artists, genres or moods. The tool is designed to give listeners direct input into how the platform's recommendation algorithm shapes their feed.
YouTube is rolling out Custom Feeds, a feature that lets viewers create and save multiple recommendation feeds using conversational prompts, such as one for wind-down documentaries or commute podcasts. These feeds appear on the Homepage and refresh automatically with new suggestions. The feature expands on a prior experiment and will launch this fall for US users on web, mobile, and TV.
Spotify has launched its 'Taste Profile' feature to Premium subscribers aged 18 and up in the United States, after debuting it in beta in New Zealand earlier this year. The tool lets users see how Spotify's AI interprets their listening habits and adjust it using natural-language requests to change what gets recommended in feeds like Discover Weekly, Made for You, and Wrapped.
Walmart is rolling out AI-driven product recommendations, quicker delivery options and a broader selection of budget-friendly clothing to attract more online shoppers. The retailer says these changes are already showing results in customer engagement and sales growth. Executives frame the effort as part of a larger strategy to embed Walmart more deeply into everyday consumer habits.
Spotify has rolled out a new settings toggle that lets listeners exclude children's and family music streams from shaping their taste profile. The change affects personalized features like Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and Wrapped, and it applies retroactively so past listens of kids' content won't skew a user's top songs or artists.
Spotify has introduced a new setting that lets users prevent music played for children from influencing their personalized recommendations and year-end Wrapped summary. The toggle allows adults sharing an account with kids to isolate nursery rhymes and children's music from skewing their listening data.
Priority Pass, the airport lounge membership program, announced plans to broaden its benefits over the next year, including more fast-track security lanes at airports, additional partner lounges, and personalized recommendations powered by artificial intelligence. The changes aim to extend the program's value beyond simply granting lounge access before flights.
Spotify introduced a new settings option letting users exclude kids and family music, such as nursery rhymes or movie soundtracks, from shaping their Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix and Wrapped. The toggle works retroactively, so previously played kids' tracks can be scrubbed from a user's taste profile, and it's available to both free and premium accounts.
Spotify rolled out a new setting that lets account holders exclude children's and family music from their taste profile, keeping it out of Wrapped summaries and personalized recommendations. The feature is available now on mobile for both Free and Premium users worldwide and works automatically once turned on.
In a Decoder interview, comedian and podcaster Adam Conover traces his path from CollegeHumor through cable's Adam Ruins Everything and Netflix back to YouTube, where he now runs a podcast called Factually! He contends Hollywood abandoned large swaths of TV programming to YouTube while chasing Netflix and HBO-style prestige, and rejects the notion that this shift democratized media.
A tech reviewer rounded up recommended fast chargers for the newly preordered iPhone 18 Pro, including Anker's Nano 45W and 70W models, Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, and ESR's CryoBoost 3-in-1 MagSafe stand. The Apple adapter reportedly delivers the fastest charging, taking the phone to 50% in 15 minutes, while the ESR stand also charges an Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously.
Tubi has introduced TubiFone, a toll-free hotline (1-833-605-TUBI) that suggests movies based on a caller's mood, as part of its new 'Find Any Feeling for Free' campaign. Callers select an emotional category and a recorded voice reads out five film recommendations with brief descriptions and cast details.