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.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-23
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.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-15
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.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-15
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.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-15
Spotify has rolled out a new global mobile setting for Free and Premium users that lets them remove children's and family music from their taste profile. Once toggled off in settings, songs from kids' movies, nursery rhymes and family show themes will no longer factor into personalized features like Wrapped, Discover Weekly, or Daily Mix, even retroactively. Users can still search, play, and playlist that music without it affecting their recommendations.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-15
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.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-15
In a personal interview, ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes described how raising her 3-year-old son has become her most effective way to disconnect from her phone, saying outings like hiking or beach trips leave her happier than screen time ever did. She also detailed her strict inbox habits, keeping unread emails at zero and total messages under ten, and noted her Spotify listening is now dominated by children's music like Raffi and Ms. Rachel.
wired.com
· 2026-09-10