One of the ways that Spotify has worked to personalize how you listen to music is through its AI DJ. The feature lets you listen to a playlist put together by Spotify algorithms that includes a DJ to tell you more about the songs and artists included in the list. Spotify upgraded this functionality earlier this year, introducing voice requests to let subscribers talk directly to the DJ to get song and artist recommendations. But what happens if you can’t speak to the AI DJ because you’re in a noisy coffee shop or a train’s quiet car? That’s where Spotify’s new text requests and personalized prompts come in.
Announced this week, text requests and personalized prompts will give users the ability to “level up” their use of Spotify’s DJ system, allowing them to type their music requests directly into the app. The new feature is available in both English and Spanish, and Spotify says it has been one of the most requested features from fans on social media.
How to send text requests to Spotify’s DJ
If you’re looking to get started using the new texting requests, as well as the personalized prompts that can now appear in the DJ feature, then you can do so at any point by launching the Spotify app and searching for DJ. Next, tap on the DJ playlist, and tap the blue and green button in the bottom right corner. This will allow you to talk to the DJ using voice or text, and you can select from a series of different prompts that pop up which try to determine what kind of mood you might be in at that moment in time.
Spotify also says that you can make relatively complex requests, even noting that saying something like “play some cozy folk music for fall” should give you a nice blend of music. If you haven’t tried out Spotify’s DJ yet, now might not be a bad time to give it a whirl. The feature has seen so much love that even other music streamers are launching their own versions, with YouTube Music now testing out AI hosts. We have yet to see an Apple Music competitor, though, making this just one of many features Spotify has that Apple Music doesn’t.
