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- Spotify’s DJ function can now take requests from the listener.
- You can use your voice to ask the DJ to play specific music that you want to hear at the moment.
- Users can invoke a combination of genre, mood, artists or even activity -based requests with Spotify’s DJ.
- This is a premium-just feature in around 60 markets and is only available in English.
No matter how you feel, music can always improve your mood or lift yourself up when you are down. And in this age with digital entertainment, Spotify Is one of the best streaming services for music out there. If you have Spotify Premium, your music experience is about to be led to the next level with Spotify’s DJ feature.
SpotifyDJ can finally take listener requests and you can only use your voice to do it in real time. To let the AI-driven DJ take requests just one step toward giving users more control over their music listening sessions. However, voice command is the only way to make requests, making this a difficult feature to use if you listen to music with headphones in a quiet room.
When DJ first rolled out, it used AI to learn your taste of music over time, and it will use that information to choose what to play for you. But now, with the opportunity to take requests, users can update DJ to play music that they want to hear at that moment, instead of just going with what DJ suggests. So now users can adjust vibes as they think fits. This is especially useful if the listener wants to set a mood for a computer night or get everyone hyped up for a party.
Since AI can handle combinations of genre, mood, artist or even specific activities, talking to a real DJ. Some examples of requests include “Surprising me with some indie tracks I’ve never heard before,” or “Give me some electronic beats for a dinner.” Spotify says you can even make some unique requests that “play me some cry-in-car songs,” you know when you feel very emotional.
Spotify DJ is only available in English for premium listeners. DJ itself is currently only available in around 60 markets, which is only a fraction of the service’s availability in over 180 regions. So even if you have Spotify Premium, you will double check to make sure you get access to the DJ feature first.
If you are in one of the DJ markets, it is easy to access it. Just enter the “DJ” in the search tab, press Play, and you will get DJ to play a mix of music that is especially curated for you. Do you want to change it up? Just hold the DJ button down until you hear a beep and use your voice to talk to DJ and make your request. The session will be updated based on what you asked for, and still use the listening history and the taste of music.
At the moment, the Spotify DJ Request feature is still in a beta form. It also does not work with non-music requests, for example with audio books or podcasts. And again, you have to talk to the DJ to make a request, unfortunately, which is not good if you are in a quiet environment, or just don’t like talking to your phone publicly.