Spotify renews the experience of the free plan: now it is possible to reproduce the individual songs

Days full of novelty for Spotify: after the introduction of the aforementioned audio in lossless quality, the giant continues to evolve its platform, and this time it does so thinking about users of the free plan.

Thanks to a full -bodied return of novelty, the free experience becomes increasingly rich and intuitive by welcoming more flexible checks, personalized suggestions, dynamic playlists and the awaited possibility of choose to play the songs individually. Here is everything that changes for free users.

Spotify’s free plan is richer than ever and does not fear compromised

With the latest updates, Spotify makes it easier to discover new songs, interact with friends playlists and control your music with a new freedom of action, all without having to sign a subscription.

Reproduction of individual songs without subscription

One of the most important innovations for free users concerns greater control over reproduction thanks to the following news that the company calls Pick & Play, Search & Play and Share & Play.

The function that has captured the attention of users, and maybe even yours if you arrived on this article, is undoubtedly the Reproduction of single songs also with the free plan (Pick & Play). In all likelihood the single more limiting function of the free plan.

Until yesterday, listening to a single specific track was a privilege reserved for Premium subscribers, free users had to rely on random reproduction, with the possibility of jumping only a limited number of songs and had to wait to reach the desired song.

From now, as you can see from the following screen, it will be possible Look for a title, select it from an album or a playlist, or touch a shared link to start reproduction immediately.

The novelty is available globally and does not require any particular update; It is sufficient to have the updated app to the latest version on Android or iOS.

Obviously the other free plans remain unchanged, such as the advertising between the songs and the limited number of skip, but the leap in terms of freedom of listening is remarkable.

Personalized playlists

Spotify continues to focus strongly on your recommendation engine, one of the most advanced in the sector. For users of the free version, the playlists therefore represent a direct and effective way to discover new music.

From now on it will be possible to create a Personal Playlist In a few taps, choosing title and favorite songs. Automatic, the app will suggest similar songs to add, simplifying the curation of content.

In addition, it will be possible to access the editorial playlistsselected by global music teams, which offer an overview of current trends and emerging news; function extremely used by premium users.

Custom covers

One of the most appreciated functions by Creators is now also available for free users or the possibility of creating Personalized covers for the playlists.

Available in over 128 markets, Spotify will allow you to add unique images, modify colors and texts, use graphic elements to reflect the mood or the theme of the playlist.

The function is available on iOS and Android: just update the app, enter a created playlist, touch the three dots menu and select “Create cover”.

We underline that it can be saved A single personalized cover for playlist. Each new change will overwhelm the previous one.

Daylist: the playlist that changes during the day

One of the most interesting introductions is Daylista dynamic playlist that is updated during the day based on your ratings, at the moment and even per day of the week.

Daylist will learn musical tastes (genres, artists and songs) in the various stages of the day and then propose them proactively during the day.

The function is now also available for free users.

Discovery Weekly, Release Radar and Lyrics in real time

To all this are added two fundamental instruments for the discovery of new music:
• Discovery Weekly: every Monday, a personalized playlist is created with new or little -known songs, selected according to previous ratings;
• Radar release: collects the most recent news of the artists followed or listened often.

Just as it happens on the premium plane, during reproduction, it will be enough to slide upwards in the Now Playing screen to activate the method Lyricsthat makes the text synchronized with the song flow.

With these news, Spotify shows that the free experience can also be personal and modern by contributing to democratize listening to music.

The timing of release of these functions is not accidental and is part of concomitantly with the launch of the audio lossless, demonstrating how the company wants to enhance its premium offer for audiophiles and at the same time cutting some entry barriers on the free plan, attracting new users in the ecosystem that one day could decide to subscribe to a subscription.