- Spotify is implementing new features for its podcast library, approaching the programs you love
- This includes a next new feed on the home page, which groups all the podcasts that follow
- There is also a new function that helps you discover new shows, which Spotify has been criticized for lack in the past.
Spotify has introduced a small suspension of new podcast features, all designed to increase the presence of its audio and video podcast library at the same level as its musical catalog, the new more notable addition is a next new feeding.
Yesterday, the platform announced the new functions in a blog post and, although they are add -in -laws to the Spotify interface, they play their role in approaching the podcasts you love while helping you discover your next favorite program. They also give creators a high hand, with Spotify adding “they give them new ways to reach even more audiences worldwide.”
The new features are already beginning to be implemented with users and are widely available, with the exception of one that Spotify says it will be to ‘implement worldwide in the coming weeks’. So, if you are a podcast fan, or at least you are trying to be, these are the three new tools to try.
1. New podcasts after food
The main podcast function of the three is the new feed, a dedicated space for programs that already follows. He places them all in one place on the Spotify home page, which allows him to keep abreast of new episodes and releases of the creators who listen most.
When you go to the Spotify home page and use the podcast filter at the top of the screen, it now shows a stroke of the following extended that you can enable. From there, all the last episodes of the podcast you follow will appear. It is simple and easily accessible.
2. Podcast recommendations in your feed from your home
In addition to approaching your favorite creators, Spotify is doubling its podcast discovery characteristics. The second new feature is a function centered on the recommendations on its home page.
Just below the shortcuts on your home page, Spotify has begun to show recommendations for new audio and video podcasts, ready for you to reproduce or save. This new addition is designed to save time when moving through the spotify podcast categories in search of a new program, while adheres to its own spirit of exhibition optimization for creators.
3. New section ‘in this episode’
Spotify recently launched its ‘monitoring’ function for audiobooks, and is doing something similar with podcasts. In the coming weeks, Spotify will launch a new section ‘in this episode’ for podcasts, which allows creators to link the content they mention in episodes that are also available on Spotify.
For example, if a creator mentions a specific album, song or audiobook in an episode of podcast, the section ‘In this episode’ will show those titles and give it the option to explore the referenced content.
In recent years, Spotify has paid close attention to bringing new features that allow users to optimize music discovery, however, it has received criticism for not applying the same to podcasts. But these characteristics mark a step towards the new Spotify strategy for the discovery of podcasts.
The battle for the best podcast platform continues, and Spotify is fighting to compete with Apple Music and YouTube, the last of which is the current current champion for podcast fans in the United States.
