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Spotify AI DJ: What Is It and How to Set It up on Your Phone

Whether it’s solving mysteries with ChatGPT or creating digital images with Dall-E, Artificial Intelligence is rapidly making its way into our everyday lives, and Spotify just connected it to amplify our music listening experience. The Swedish firm Spotify has recently introduced its AI DJ feature that offers a personal music assistant to satisfy your music taste buds. That said, this explainer will walk you through how Spotify AI DJ works, what it offers, and how to set it up on your smartphone. Additionally, you can learn to create a custom YouTube Music Radio Station.

Spotify AI DJ

What is Spotify AI DJ?

In an attempt to stand out from other music streaming platforms, Spotify has revamped its interface to vertical scrolling like other popular social apps with a new AI DJ feature. You can think of it as your personalized AI-powered music assistant that analysis your interactions to connect you with your next favorite song.

What makes this feature unique is that when you interact with this AI DJ, it uses its super-realistic human voice to read out song details before playing it. With time, this dynamic AI voice will provide you with a curated DJ experience that will mix in the latest songs along with resurfacing old favorites that you may not have heard in years, making it a true DJ in your pocket.

Key Features of Spotify AI DJ

The main highlights of Spotify’s AI DJ feature are as follows:


  • Provides a personalized, curated music experience mixing your favorites with new ones.
  • It uses Generative AI and Dynamic Voice to provide details of each song before playing it for you.
  • The more you interact with the AI DJ, the better its recommendations gets.
  • Available on both Android and iOS Spotify apps.

Pre-Requisites

To experience Spotify’s new AI DJ feature, you must adhere to the following requirements:

  • A Spotify Premium subscription plan.
  • Latest Spotify App.
  • You must be situated in US or Canada to experience this beta feature on the app (as of now).

Steps to Set up Spotify AI DJ on Your Smartphone

Setting up Spotify DJ in the app is a pretty straightforward process. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Open the Spotify mobile app on your smartphone (Android, iOS) and navigate to the Home section.

2. Next, locate the DJ Card and tap the Play button to start playing your DJ.

3. Once the DJ starts, you will hear its dynamic voice with a green voice visualization over a blue background, where it will introduce and shuffle new songs based on your recent listenings and interactions.

4. If you don’t like the DJ’s recommendation, you can press the DJ button below the current song to switch to a different genre, artist, or mood.

FAQs

Q: Why can’t I access the AI DJ Feature on the Spotify app?

A: Currently, Spotify’s AI DJ feature is only available to Spotify premium users located in US and Canada. If you reside outside these regions, you have to wait for a little while to experience it.

Q: Is purchasing Spotify premium mandatory to access the AI DJ?

A: Yes, you need to be a premium Spotify user to experience its new AI DJ feature.

Q: When will Spotify AI DJ feature roll out in India?

A: While Spotify hasn’t disclosed an exact date for this feature roll-out in India, it might be hitting your devices very soon.

Wrapping Up: Get That DJ Rolling!

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Paras Rastogi

Being an Ardent Tech-Enthusiast, Paras is super passionate about new gadgets and technologies since childhood. His passion has developed him to write tech blogs that allow him to help people and make their digital lives easier. When he is not working, you can find him on Twitter.