August 28, 2026
By Chet Shah
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Spotify could soon let you host a Jam without Premium

Karandeep Singh Oberoi / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify could soon let Free users host their own collaborative Jams, removing the current Premium-only requirement. Jams hosted by Free users may force shuffle, limit skips, and cap the queue for everyone, including Premium participants. App strings in Spotify 9.1.82.19 hint at the change, but there’s no guarantee the

July 17, 2026
By Summer Mersinger
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Spotify could be about to fix one long-standing security omission

Tushar Mehta / Android AuthorityTL;DR Our APK teardown of the Spotify app contains signs that passkey login support is in development. The app includes an internal setting for passkey authentication and code for registering one. Spotify currently supports several login methods, but passkeys are not yet available. Passkeys are becoming a common alternative to passwords

Spotify is tweaking one of Discover Weekly’s best features

Rita El Khoury / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is currently testing an update to genre/mood filters with added phrasing. This test effectively replaces the existing single-word genre filters, though it doesn’t appear to be widely available just yet. Spotify has separately announced new “controls” for its Release Radar playlist. Spotify’s user-focused playlists have witnessed a few

July 8, 2026
By Joseph Chalom
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Spotify now lets you pin way more items in your library

Andy Walker / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify now lets users pin up to 20 items at the top of the app’s library view. The app previously only allowed four pinned items at one time. If you’ve been using Spotify for years, your music library is probably so large that manually browsing through it is a hassle.

June 18, 2026
By Philip Ndungu
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Spotify’s latest feature is ready to help you avoid concert ticket resellers

Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is rolling out Reserved, which lets some users buy tickets to concerts before general availability begins. Eligible users are chosen based on signals like streams and shares. The feature is being offered in partnership with Ticketmaster and Live Nation. An under-regulated live entertainment market has made getting tickets to

June 17, 2026
By J Christopher Giancarlo
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Your Spotify username is about to become a lot less useful

Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is informing users that username-based logins will stop working on September 1, 2026. You’ll need to sign in using your email address and password instead. Other sign-in methods, including Google and Apple account logins, should ideally remain unchanged. Spotify is making a notable change to how you access your

June 12, 2026
By Paul Brody
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Spotify’s hated disco ball icon is finally gone for good

Tushar Mehta / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify’s widely-dispised disco ball icon is going away. Spotify had introduced the icon temporarily to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The icon drew criticism for the unusually shimmery look, which also impacted visibility. Last month, Spotify rolled out a glimmery disco ball for its app icon as part of its 20th

May 30, 2026
By Afik Rechler
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I know YouTube Music is flawed, yet I prefer it over Spotify

Andy Walker / Android AuthorityYouTube is that one music streaming service you either absolutely abhor or love so much that you are ready to defend it. I probably fall into the latter category because I frequently get to try a lot of its alternatives, including popular ones like Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Still

May 29, 2026
By Bill Hughes
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Spotify will finally give you real profile tools to make music listening more social

Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR Spotify is making progress on the ability to change usernames, although you’ll be limited on how often you can switch. The app also appears to be planning to expand bios from just artists to all listeners. Users will be able to set limits on who’s able to see their bios.

May 29, 2026
By Hong Fang
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How I created personalized Spotify playlist covers to spruce up my library

Rita El Khoury / Android AuthorityI’ve been a Spotify user for over a decade and, while many of my favorite playlists are ones that I’ve followed or added from other users, I still have my own fair share of personal playlists. Spotify usually does a good job of assigning a temporary default playlist art with