{"id":95226,"date":"2023-03-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=95226"},"modified":"2023-03-13T16:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T16:51:55","slug":"create-spotify-playlists-with-smart-shuffle-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/create-spotify-playlists-with-smart-shuffle-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Spotify playlists with perfect song recommendations using new Smart Shuffle feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/spotify.com\">Spotify<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> Listening to Spotify on shuffle just got smarter as playlist Enhance is replaced with Smart Shuffle. What\u2019s changed?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Spotify Enhance replacement<strong> <\/strong>Smart Shuffle? Announced at Spotify\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-announce-at-stream-on-2023\/\">2023 Stream On event<\/a>, <strong>Smart Shuffle<\/strong> is a new way to find songs <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/can-i-upload-my-music-to-spotify-yes-and-its-free\/\">Spotify <\/a>thinks you might like to listen to, that sit perfectly inside your existing playlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart Shuffle is available now for Spotify Premium iOS and Android mobile users around the world, who can now choose between standard <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-premium-shuffle-button\/\">shuffle <\/a>and Smart Shuffle when listening to their user-created playlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Smart Shuffle, a new play mode by Spotify\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGywCWpAZEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The suggested songs aren\u2019t added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-do-playlists-work-on-spotify\/\">playlist <\/a>permanently, or shown in the list \u2013 users have the option to save the recommendations into the playlist themselves, or hit the minus icon in Now Playing to avoid the track being recommended to them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-your-spotify-artist-profile\/\">Spotify<\/a> playlists of over 15 tracks will have one song suggested per three songs. And it&#8217;s an option for the Liked Songs playlist, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart Shuffle is a more streamlined version of Enhance, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-getting-your-music-noticed-on-spotify\/\">Spotify\u2019s <\/a>previous playlist recommendation function. The feature was first spotted as a test <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-fixed-shuffle\/\">back in May last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>How to turn on Smart Shuffle on Spotify<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Choose one of your playlists.<\/li><li>Tap the Shuffle icon at the top of the mix. The first time you do this, you\u2019ll get a choice of shuffle or Smart Shuffle \u2013 choose the latter.<\/li><li>A message will read \u201cSmart Shuffle recommendations now added to Queue,\u201d which you can see by tapping the three lines icon at the bottom right of the Now Playing screen. Recommended tracks are indicated by a sparkle icon by the artist name.<\/li><li>Tapping the shuffle icon toggles between standard shuffle, which randomises your song choices, and Smart Shuffle which adds recommendations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spotify-playlist-maker-spotify-smart-shuffle-1.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Shuffle on Spotify to enhance playlist recommendations.\" class=\"wp-image-95231 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you prefer, Spotify Enhance or Smart Shuffle? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\">Unsigned artists and indie record labels! Get your music on Spotify for FREE with RouteNote. Head here to find out how to get your music heard around the world.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to Spotify on shuffle just got smarter as playlist Enhance is replaced with Smart Shuffle. What\u2019s changed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":95230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[825],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Create Spotify playlists with perfect song recommendations using new Smart Shuffle feature - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listening to Spotify on shuffle just got smarter as playlist Enhance is replaced with Smart Shuffle. 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