Spotify now allows custom transitions in playlists

Now more than ever, Spotify’s newest feature will make you feel like a professional dj.

You’ve alredy got the perfect playlist, now spottify lets you add and customize transitions between songs. On tuesday, spotify launched a beta version for premium users to add song transitions.

There’s now a mix button in the playlist toolbar that lets you mix songs for a seamless transition. You can hit auto and let spotfy do the mixing for you, or can you choose presets like fade or risk to apply different transition styles. If you want to get even more technical, Spotify let the Volume, EQ (Equalizer), and Effects With the Waveform Visual and Beats Information. Tapping mix on the playlist automatically shows bpms and keys to help you mix smooth transitions between songs.

This is the latest feature from spotfy that gives users more control over their listening habits. Over the past few months, spottify have launched the ability to customize genres for their discover weekly playlists, and customize their queues with shuffle and sleep time. Spotify’s AI-Powered Dj also now takes song requests.

The Steady Drumbeat of more and more algorithmic recommendations have Polarized Spotify Users. Some love that app automatically chooses music for them based on their preferences, while others feel like the recommendations are annoying and inhibit them from discovering new artists on their own.

New features geared Around giving users more control, or perhaps the illusion of control, might help to balance out these frustrations that have driven users to Quit the app.

Transitions are rolling out to spottify Premium users today, so paying users can see for themselves how it feels to be the master of their song transitions.