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Spotify’s AI DJ gets new voices, personalities, and an option for less chatter

By Sarah Perez · Via TechCrunch · Published by Everything Blog

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The streaming platform has broadened its DJ tool by introducing several new voices with distinct personality traits, including the warm Casey and the energetic Southern-accented Lane. Subscribers can also adjust settings through the application's menu to cut down on mid-session interruptions between tracks. The roster expansion includes regional accents across multiple languages, though the two incoming Spanish voices will fully phase out the previous host, Livi.

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Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup…: Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup and shutdown.
Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international mark…: Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international markets.
Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu s…: Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu settings.

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Spotify’s AI DJ, one of the company’s earlier efforts in embracing AI technology to connect people with their favorite music, is getting an upgrade. On Tuesday, the streamer announced that users will now be able to customize their DJ more like they can an AI assistant, by choosing between different voices and personalities. Those who like the feature, but not all the chatter, can also now opt for an experience with less commentary in between sets.

Since first launching the AI DJ in 2023, Spotify has leveraged AI across to improve all areas of its app. Most recently, that has included updates that allow users to chat with a conversational AI agent about music, fine-tune their recommendations with prompts, create playlists with AI, and work with third-party agents like ChatGPT and Claude. However, the DJ remains one of Spotify’s most popular AI features, as it’s used by over 94M Spotify Premium listeners.

Now, it’s revisiting one of its first major AI features, taking a cue from the personalization options other AI assistants routinely offer.

With the update, Spotify Premium subscribers…

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Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup…: Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup and shutdown.
Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international mark…: Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international markets.
Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu s…: Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu settings.

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Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup…: Paid subscribers can now suppress mid-session commentary to hear remarks only at startup and shutdown.
Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international mark…: Global deployment started on November 10 across more than 95 supported international markets.
Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu s…: Listeners can customize these persona and speech options directly via the app's DJ menu settings.

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