Spotify finally introduces a much-requested feature. The streaming service announced today it’s launching a new “Exclude from your flavor profile” feature that lets you prevent selected playlists from heavily influencing your personalized recommendations.
For context, your taste profile is Spotify’s interpretation of your taste in music based on what you listen to and is used to inform your recommendations. The new feature lets you tell Spotify which playlists you want to influence recommendations less so you can get a more tailored personalization experience.
People often have a specific playlist for certain activities, such as sleeping, exercising or parenting. If you’re someone who listens to white noise while sleeping, your Discover Weekly and other personalized playlists can often be dominated by white noise. If you’re a parent, you probably see your kids’ music popping up in your personalized playlists. Since this kind of content doesn’t fit in with your general listening habits, it’s pretty annoying to see it show up in things like your Blend or Release Radar playlists.
Spotify is aware of how annoying this can be and that’s why it’s launching this new feature. Exclude from your flavor profile is rolling out to users across web, desktop, iOS, and Android starting today. To access the new feature, you’ll need to select a playlist, tap the three dots at the top of the playlist, and select “Exclude from your flavor profile.” Once you enable the feature, the streaming service will exclude past and future playlist listening from your taste profile. If you change your mind, you can disable the feature the same way.
When you exclude a playlist from your flavor profile, you can still find it in your Home tab. Spotify also notes that “liked” songs in the playlist are also not affected. This means that while you can still access your Pop 4 Kids playlist, it won’t appear much in your personalized playlists.
It’s not known if the feature will also exclude playlists from your annual Spotify Wrapped experience. businessroundups.org has reached out to Spotify for clarification.
“We are constantly working to find new ways to further enhance the personalization experience by introducing ways to connect listeners, artists and creators in a unique and enriching way,” Spotify said in a statement. blog post.
It’s no surprise that Spotify is looking to improve the personalized playlist experience on its service, especially since the company’s personalized playlists are one of its biggest selling points and one of the reasons why Spotify continues to lead the music streaming market.
