{"id":13452,"date":"2017-12-05T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=13452"},"modified":"2017-12-05T13:59:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:59:44","slug":"spotifys-testing-new-features-amazing-discover-weekly-playlists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotifys-testing-new-features-amazing-discover-weekly-playlists\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify&#8217;s are testing new features for their amazing Discover Weekly playlists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Spotify won the hearts of streamers around the world when they introduced Discover Weekly over 2 years ago, now they&#8217;re making it even better.<\/h4>\n<p>Spotify are testing a new like\/dislike feature for their Discovery Weekly playlists making them even better than their existing perfection. The playlists offer up a weekly selection of music recommended based on your listening habits and has been lauded for its recommendations and discovery potential. Their algorithm can only get better with Spotify&#8217;s new plan.<\/p>\n<p>It is in testing at the moment but some users are able to select a heart or a crossed circle to say whether they liked or disliked a recommendation. This lets Spotify what you know of its recommendations and also enhances the systems knowledge for users that Spotify will offer similar recommendations to. It&#8217;s just like thumbing a track up or down in Pandora or Google Play except exclusive for the playlist.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-release-new-discover-weekly-feature\/\">2 years since launching their Discover Weekly playlists<\/a> they have become renowned for their excellent algorithmic picks offering fresh bouquets of tunes each week. It&#8217;s success has no doubt helped their monumental growth and seen <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/google-play-music-gets-discover-weekly-type-feature-long-last\/\">rival streamers attempt similar playlists<\/a>, however none to the triumph of Discover Weekly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Spotify<\/a> Just wanted to thank you guys for implementing the &quot;Like&quot; and &quot;Don&#39;t Like&quot; buttons on Discover Weekly. Literally the first week of me using them and I got an absolutely perfect selection of music. Thank you sooo much!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayday (@maydayinjanuary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maydayinjanuary\/status\/937581624929210369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify won the hearts of streamers around the world when they introduced Discover Weekly over 2 years ago, now they&#8217;re making it even better. Spotify are testing a new like\/dislike feature for their Discovery Weekly playlists making them even better than their existing perfection. The playlists offer up a weekly selection of music recommended based on your listening habits and has been lauded for its recommendations and discovery potential. Their algorithm can only get better with Spotify&#8217;s new plan. 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