Spotify’s 2024 Wrapped is out globally allowing millions of users to see their most-played songs and artists from this year. The company annually releases Wrapped as the year’s listening stats into custom playlists. But, Spotify is adding a sprinkle of AI this year to enhance users’ Wrapped experience.
Spotify’s 2024 Wrapped is globally out now, with the new AI podcast in select regions
Spotify and Google Labs have come together this year to offer personalized AI podcasts about users’ music listening histories. The new feature uses Google’s NotebookLM tool to bring two AI-generated hosts that discuss your 2024 Wrapped in a podcast format. The audio streaming giant names this time-limited feature the “Wrapped AI Podcast.”
It’s worth noting that the podcasts will feature the same voices you currently hear when using the Audio Overviews feature. The new Wrapped AI Podcast is currently available to users in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Sweden, and the UK.
You can expect to listen to three to six minutes of an AI-generated discussion about your taste in music. Spotify’s Senior Director of Product for Personalization, Molly Holder, says that the Wrapped AI Podcast retains the titles of potentially offensive songs. However, she confirms that the AI-generated voice won’t use inappropriate language.
If you are a Spotify user from the specified countries, you’ll see the Wrapped AI Podcast on the app’s home page in the Wrapped feed. Alternatively, you can use the Search tab to find your Wrapped AI Podcast. Spotify is also letting you share and download your personalized podcast.
There are a few surprises for Premium subscribers
This isn’t the first time Spotify has infused AI into the platform. Earlier this year, the company introduced the AI DJ and AI Playlist features for Premium subscribers. Now, Spotify is letting users with access to DJ AI enjoy a new feature called the DJ: Wrapped in beta.
If you have access to the AI Playlist, you narrow down the 2024 Wrapped with various prompts. It could be like, “a playlist of the romantic songs I heard the most in 2024.” That said, the standard Wrapped playlist and experience are available for non-premium users irrespective of where they live.
Spotify has been treating its users with new features lately. More recently, the company added a new Recents tab that lets users access their 90-day listening history. Google has also recently rolled out the Gemini Extension for Spotify on Android to help user search for their favorite music with the help of AI.