

Not only does the DJ learn from your Spotify history, but it can also learn what you want to hear less of. Spotify DJ starting screen / PJ Crary (screenshot) After some more familiar songs, the DJ will begin pulling from Spotify playlists filled with new music or “editor’s choice” songs from genres they know you often listen to. When launching the DJ, X will greet you and start playing familiar music. All it takes to access the DJ is to search “DJ” in the search bar and tap the result with a cover image of a blue background with a green circle in the middle. The DJ is currently only available on the Spotify app for mobile. The DJ uses all of those technologies to provide a fully voiced, personalized AI DJ that knows your music taste and listening history of curating songs that it thinks you’ll like, along with a bit of brief commentary sometimes. X was one of the hosts for Spotify’s first morning show The Get Up. On February 22, 2023, Spotify unveiled the DJ feature as a way to expand Spotify’s personalization features, which have been a key selling point of the music streaming platform.Īccording to a Spotify press release on the DJ feature, the DJ feature uses a combination of Spotify’s existing personalization features, OpenAI generative AI technology for facts about the music, artists, and genres, and a dynamic AI voice based on the voice of Xavier “X” Jernigan.
